Unit 4 FA1 Study Guide

A comparison between two things using like or as is:

• Hyperbole

• Personification

• Irony

• Simile

A joke that results from multiple word meanings or rhyming sounds is:

• Personification

• Metaphor

• Pun

• Simile

A direct comparison between two unlike things is: 

• Hyperbole

• Pun

• Metaphor

• Alliteration

Giving something non-human, human-like qualities is:

• Simile

• Personification

• Metaphor

• Pun

When the author gives hints about what will happen later in the story it is called:

• Simile

• Foreshadowing

• Metaphor

• Pun

When two juxtaposed words have opposing or very diverse meanings, it is called:

• Hyperbole

• Irony

• Metaphor

• Oxymoron

The repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words it called: 

• Alliteration

• Hyperbole

• Irony

• Pun

The forming of a word by imitating the sound the word is called:

• Alliteration

• Irony

• Onomatopoeia

• Oxymoron

The underlined words are examples of what figurative language device? 

“Momma always said, 'Life is like a box of chocolates; you never know what you’re gonna get.'" 

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Pun

• Personification

The underlined words are examples of what figurative language device? 

“But soft! What light through yonder window breaks! It is the east, and Juliet is the sun!"

• Personification

• Pun

• Simile

• Metaphor