Final Exam Study Guide

Compare two different things using the words “like” or “as”.

• Simile

• Allusion

• Metaphor

A reference to a famous person, place, or event.

• Personification

• Allusion

• Hyperbole

 Compare two different things without using the words “like” or “as”.

• Idiom

• Metaphor

• Alliteration

A scene in a novel that takes place in an earlier time than the main story.

• Idiom

• Allusion

• Flashback

An extreme exaggeration.

• Hyperbole

• Onomatopoeia

• Simile

The same letter sound is repeated throughout the line or sentence.

• Alliteration

• Allusion

• Foreshadowing

Giving human qualities to non-living objects

• Onomatopoeia

• Personfication

• Alliteration

A phrase whose meaning can not be interpreted literally.

• Hyperbole

• Metaphor

• Idiom

 An advanced sign or warning of what is to come in the future.

• Foreshadowing

• Personification

• Flashback

A word that represents a sound.

• Allusion

• Metaphor

• Onomatopoeia