ELA A9 Review

A simile is....

• a comparison without using like or as

• a set of words in quick succession using the same initial sound

• when human qualities are given to non-human objects

• a comparison using like or as

a rhyme is...

• two people who wear the same thing

• two words that have the same vowel sound at the end of two (or more) lines

• a set of striped pajams

• a figure intended to represent an abstract quality

Personification is...

• using a comma in the right spot

• a person, place or thing

• Giving human qualities to a non-human thing

• words that are also sounds

Onomatopoeia is...

• a decorative plate

• a word that can also be heard as a sound

• use of words to create images in the reader's mind

• use of past events to inform the reader of present circumstances

Flashback is..

• using past events to inform the reader of present events

• helping a friend overcome tragedy

• direct comparisons between two things

• a comparison using like or as

Foreshadowing is...

• a reference to a previous event in the story

• a character or event in the story that refers to something that happens later in the story

• using an opposite in close proximity

• things that reveal a deeper meaning

Hyperbole is

• any exaggerated description or statement

• making reference to cultural expectations

• using opposite language to express something

• giving human characteristics to an inhuman thing

an idiom is

• a group of words that have a meaning completely unrelated to the literal

• comparing things using like or as

• an extremely annoying individual

• a large serving of id

what is a cliche?

• words that can be sounds

• using human qualities for inhuman things

• a group of clicks

• a phrase or opinion that is overused and unoriginal

What is imagery?

• the use of figurative language in your writing to inspire images in the readers' mind

• comparing things without using like or as

• words that can also be sounds

• a joke that pllays on words (a margarine of errors)

• all of the above