EXAM REVIEW

Edgar Allen Poe is considered one of the best ____________ short story writers.

• Irish

• American

• British

• Norwegian

A ___________is an exaggerated statement or claim not meant to be taken literally.

• simile

• metaphor

• hyperbole

• personification

The formation of a word from a sound associated with it is ________________

• hyperbole

• onomatopoeia

• simile

• metaphor

A _________applies words or phrases to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable.

• metaphor

• simile

• personification

• hyperbole

The comparison of one thing to another thing of a different kind using "like" or "as" is a ________.

• hyperbole

• metaphor

• simile

• onomatopoeia

Giving human characteristics to nonhuman things is called__________

• hyperbole

• personification

• simile

• metaphor

The occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words is called_____________

• onomatopoeia

• allusion

• simile

• alliteration

An expression designed to call something to mind without mentioning it explicitly; an indirect reference is called ____________

• personification

• metaphor

• alliteration

• allusion

Poe is best know for his _____ and ______, particularly his tales of the mysterious and horrifying.

• novels and limericks

• short stories and radio broadcasts

• poetry and short stories

• ballads and sonnets

Kate Chopin can best be described as an author with interests in _________

• civil rights

• industrialization

• labor unionization

• women's rights