Unit 2 Review: Language Choice Definitions

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

• Allusion

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

• Tone

• Personification

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

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

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

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

• Diction

• Denotation

• Connotation

• Creation

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

Sound devices include all of the following except...

• Hyperbole

• Onomatopoeia

• Rhyme

• Alliteration

• Consonance

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

A word's connotation is...

• its dictionary definition

• its literal meaning

• the ideas and feelings associated with it

• how it's spelled

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.L.9-10.5B

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

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

• simile

• metaphor

• analogy

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5B

CCSS.L.8.5B

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

A reference to an outside source is...

• an onomatopoeia

• an allusion

• a juxtaposition

• a metaphor

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RL.8.4

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

• conjunction

• flashback

• simile

• juxtaposition

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

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

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

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

• mistaken

• personified

• categorized

• juxtaposed

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A