MDG lit terms and vocab REVIEW

a comparison of two unlike things

using the words like or as

• hyperbole
• metaphor
• simile
• analogy

a comparison of two unlike things

by saying that one thing is a

dissimilar object or thing

• simile
• analogy
• metaphor
• literal

an exaggeration that cannot

possibly be true

• hyperbole
• irony
• metaphor
• understatement

giving human qualities to

nonhuman things

• personification
• dehumanization
• objectification
• animalization

the repetition of the same beginning sound in a series of

words

• rhyme
• metaphor
• onomatopoeia
• alliteration

a reference to a well-known person, place, or

event from history, literature, sports, popular culture, etc.

• Idiom

• Delusion
• Illusion
• Allusion

The process of treating a person as if they are not a human.

• Isolation

• Smallpox

• Dehumanization

• Atlantic Slave Trade

The process of treating a person as if they are not a human.

• Isolation

• Smallpox

• Dehumanization

• Atlantic Slave Trade

What literary device is used when a writer gives human qualities to non-human objects or animals?

• objectification

• personification

• animalization

• dehumanization

In literature, what is the term for the central message or insight into life that a writer conveys?

• character

• setting

• theme

• plot