The Horse and His Boy Test Review Part II

What is alliteration?

• repetition of consonant sound at the beginning of nearby words

• a comparison between to things for effect

• an extreme exaggeration for emphasis

What is a metaphor?

• repetition of consonant sound at the beginning of nearby words

• a comparison between two things for effect

• an extreme exaggeration for emphasis

What is a hyperbole?

• repetition of consonant sound at the beginning of nearby words

• a comparison between to things for effect

• an extreme exaggeration for emphasis

What is a simile?

• a hint at a future event in the story

• a comparison between two things using "like" or "as"

• a reference to a well-know person, text, piece of art, historical event, or current event

What is an allusion?

• a hint at a future event in the story

• a comparison between to things using "like" or "as"

• a reference to a well-know person, text, piece of art, historical event, or current event

What is foreshadowing?

• a hint at a future event in the story

• a comparison between to things using "like" or "as"

• a reference to a well-know person, text, piece of art, historical event, or current event

What is onomatopoeia?

• a hint at a future event in the story

• a word that sound like the noise it describes

• a reference to a well-know person, text, piece of art, historical event, or current event

What is personification?

• giving human characteristics to a non-human thing

• language that appeals to any of the 5 senses

• a reference to a well-know person, text, piece of art, historical event, or current event

What is imagery?

• giving human characteristics to a non-human thing

• language that appeals to any of the 5 senses

• a reference to a well-know person, text, piece of art, historical event, or current event

"It is an unseemly blot on the skirts of your empire."

• metaphor

• simile

• hyperbole