EOC English 2 Lit Terms Set #3

The driving force behind a character’s actions is _____

• motivation

• setting

• dialogue

• costume

A figure of speech in which like or as is used to make a comparison of two basically unlike ideas is called a _____

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

• hyperbole

A figure of speech in which one thing is spoken of as though it were something else is called a _____

• metaphor

• simile

• hyperbole

• personification

A short story used to teach a moral is called a _____.

• fable

• novel

• poem

• essay

_____ is a type of figurative language in which a non-human subject is given human characteristics.

• Personification

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Hyperbole

An extreme exaggeration is called a _____

• Hyperbole

• Understatement

• Metaphor

• Simile

_____ is a type of verbal irony in which something is purposely represented as being far less important than it actually is.

• Understatement

• Exaggeration

• Hyperbole

• Sarcasm

_____ is an expression that is peculiar to itself either grammatically or in having a meaning that cannot be derived from its parts.

• Idiom

• Proverb

• Metaphor

• Simile

What are two words used together that contradict one another?

_____ is an overused word or phrase.

• Literally

• Awesome

• Epic

• Amazing