Language Techniques - Imagery

What literary device uses "like" or "as" to make a comparison between two unlike things?

• Simile
• Hyperbole
• Metaphor
• Personification

Which figure of speech directly equates two different things by stating one is the other?

• Metaphor
• Alliteration
• Simile
• Oxymoron

Which literary technique attributes human qualities to non-human entities or objects?

• Personification
• Onomatopoeia
• Alliteration
• Oxymoron

What type of exaggerated statement or claim is not meant to be taken literally?

• Hyperbole
• Simile
• Hyperbole
• Assonance

Which literary device involves the repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of adjacent words?

• Alliteration
• Assonance
• Onomatopoeia
• Oxymoron

What is the term for the repetition of vowel sounds within nearby words?

• Assonance
• Oxymoron
• Assonance
• Hyperbole

Which figure of speech combines contradictory or opposing words for a unique effect?

• Oxymoron
• Onomatopoeia
• Visual Imagery
• Auditory Imagery

Which literary device uses words that imitate the natural sounds they describe?

• Onomatopoeia
• Alliteration
• Metaphor
• Simile

What type of descriptive language appeals to the five senses, creating a vivid mental picture?

• Sensory Imagery
• Visual Imagery
• Auditory Imagery
• Olfactory Imagery

Which type of imagery paints a clear picture using vivid details that appeal to the sense of sight?

• Visual Imagery
• Tactile Imagery
• Olfactory Imagery
• Auditory Imagery