Lit Terms Review

Exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally.

• Hyperbole

• Onomatopoeia

• Metaphor

• Alliteration

A phrase or expression that typically presents a figurative, non-literal meaning attached to the phrase.

• Idiom

• Hyperbole

• Onomatopoeia

• Metaphor

Giving human characteristics to something nonhuman.

• Personification

• Idiom

• Hyperbole

• Onomatopoeia

A reference to a famous or well-known person or work of art.

• Allusion

• Personification

• Idiom

• Hyperbole

Comparison of two things using like or as.

• Simile

• Allusion

• Personification

• Idiom

The occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words.

• Alliteration

• Simile

• Allusion

• Personification

Comparing two things without using like or as.

• Metaphor

• Alliteration

• Simile

• Allusion

A word that phonetically imitates, resembles, or suggests the sound that it describes.

• Onomatopoeia

• Metaphor

• Alliteration

• Simile

"Ding dong! The doorball rang, alerting me that someone was at the door." This is an example of.....

• Onomatopoeia

• Hyperbole

• Idiom

• Alliteration

"That plane ride took forever!" This is an example of.....

• Hyperbole

• Idiom

• Alliteration

• Personification