The Hobbit Ch 8-14 Test

The use of words which SOUND like what they mean is called

• rhyme scheme

• alliteration

• onomatopoeia

• internal rhyme

The repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words is called

• personification

• alliteration

• onomatopoeia

• internal rhyme

Giving human attributes to an animal, object, or concept

• personification

• alliteration

• onomatopoeia

• metaphor

The following quotation is an example of which literary device? "The nastiest things they saw were the cobwebs: dark, dense, cobwebs with threads extraordinarily thick, often stretched from tree to tree.

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Imagery

• Personification

• Onomatopoeia

Descriptive language using the five senses to create an image in readers' minds

• simile

• metaphor

• imagery

• personification

A comparison between two unlike things WITHOUT using the words "like" or "as."

• imagery

• personification

• simile

• metaphor

A comparison between two unlike things using the words "like" or "as"

• simile

• metaphor

• alliteration

• personification

"The trees leaned over them and listened" is an example of which literary device?

• Personification

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Onomatopoeia

"Darkened green glimmer" and "sharp inquisitve eyes" are both examples of

• Onomatopoeia

• Imagery

• Simile

• Metaphor

This character falls into a deep sleep state after falling into the black water.

• Thorin

• Balin

• Bombur

• Bilbo