Unit 2 Review: Language Choice Definitions

Which of the following is NOT a type of figurative language?

• Allusion

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

• Tone

• Personification

Alliteration is...

• The repetition of a vowel sound in a series of words

• The repetition of beginning sounds in a series of words

• The repetition of ending sounds in a series of words

• The repetition of consonant sounds in the middle of a series of words

A writer's or speaker's choice of words is called...

• Diction

• Denotation

• Connotation

• Creation

Sound devices include all of the following except...

• Hyperbole

• Onomatopoeia

• Rhyme

• Alliteration

• Consonance

A word's connotation is...

• its dictionary definition

• its literal meaning

• the ideas and feelings associated with it

• how it's spelled

Which comparison uses the words "like" or "as"?

• simile

• metaphor

• analogy

A reference to an outside source is...

• an onomatopoeia

• an allusion

• a juxtaposition

• a metaphor

The placement of two things closely together to emphasize comparisons or contrasts is called...

• conjunction

• flashback

• simile

• juxtaposition

Rhyme scheme is...

• a rhyming trick meant to deceive readers

• when 3 or more words in a line rhyme

• the pattern of rhyme in a poem

• an evil plot that entails driving someone crazy by constantly rhyming

When a non-human thing is given a human characteristic, it is being...

• mistaken

• personified

• categorized

• juxtaposed