Literary and Poetic Review

The repetition of the same sounds at the beginning of words or in a stresses syllable.

• alliteration
• assonance
• oxymoron
• pun

Giving human characteristics to objects and phenomena.

• metaphor
• simile
• personification
• hyperbole

A comparison of two things, often using the words "like" or "as".

• metaphor
• simile
• personification
• hyperbole

The use of words that imitate the sounds they describe.

• alliteration
• assonance
• onomatopoeia
• pun

Where the true meaning behind a statement is intentionally quite the opposite of its literal meaning.

• pun
• hyperbole
• irony
• simile

The setting is ... in which the story takes place.

• the time
• the place
• the time and the place
• the climax event

What are these examples of?

• Personification
• Metaphor
• Simile
• Flashback

_{Language that appeals to the five senses and uses vivid details to help the reader feel and imagine what's going on.}

• Tone
• Falling action
• Mood
• Imagery

The story of a real person's life that is written by that person

• Biography

• Autobiography

The story of a real person's life written by another person

• Biography

• Autobiography