English Review

Comparison of two things without using "like" or "as"

• metaphor
• simile
• hyperbole
• idiom

The use of extreme exaggeration

• hyperbole
• idiom
• metaphor
• onomatopoeia

the description of giving a nonhuman thing human characteristics or traits

• metaphor
• onomatopoeia
• personification
• metaphor

Her hands felt like ice

• simile
• metaphor
• idiom
• personification

He was taller than a skyscraper.

• metaphor
• hyperbole
• idiom
• alliteration

The book was staring at me, wanting me to read it

• personification
• hyperbole
• idiom

A reference to a statement, a person, a place, or an event from literature, the arts, history, religion, mythology, politics, sports, or science.

• Allusion
• Assonance
• Rhyme
• Meter

Language that appeals to our senses and helps to create a visual picture.

• Imagery
• Simile
• Metaphor
• Stanza

I hope tomorrow will be … than today

• best

• better

• good

• gooder

This road is the ………. in the town

• more narrow

• narrowest

• narrower

• narrow