pre-test quarter 3

central idea of a work of literature

• simile

• imagery

• metaphor

• theme

the ability to form mental pictures of things or events

• metaphor

• imagery

• personfication

• simile

a figure of speech that suggest non literal similarity

• metaphor

• simile

• alliteration

• characterization

a figure of speech expressing a resemblance between things using “like” and “as” - a comparison. 

• symbolism

• imagery

• simile

• metaphor

the use of words or images to symbolize specific concepts, people, objects, or events.

• tone

• metaphor

• symbolism

• alliteration

the mood of the passage set by the author (attitude) voice

• metaphor

• imagery

• personification

• tone

attributing human characteristics to abstract ideas

• personification

• imagery

• diction

• symbolism

choice of words especially with regard to correctness, clearness, or effectiveness

• hyperbole

• diction

• tone

• mood

a word that sounds like the thing it names using words that imitate the sound they make 

• Diction

• imagery

• tone

• Onomatopoeia

a widely used saying or expression containing a figurative meaning that differs from the phrase's literal meaning.

• Idiom

• tone

• mood

• imagery