Figurative Language Features

The figurative language feature that involves ending words with a sound that is the same as another is called:

• Alliteration

• Assonance

• Rhyme

• Onomatopoeia

The figurative language feature that involves repeating something that has already been said or written is called:

• Repetition

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Alliteration

The figurative language feature that involves a comparison of one thing to another using 'like' or 'as' is called:

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Personification

• Hyperbole

What is the figurative language feature that involves a comparison that says one thing is another, not a literal comparison?

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Hyperbole

What is a humorous use of a word to suggest two or more meanings or the use of similar-sounding words with different meanings?

• A type of poem

• A play on words

• A musical note

• A dance move

Which literary device is used to attribute human characteristics to non-human things?

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Personification

• Hyperbole

George heard the buzzing of the bees. This literary device that involves making a word to represent a sound is called:

• Metaphor

• Onomatopoeia

• Alliteration

• Simile

Symbolism in literature is:

• a literary device where symbols are used to represent ideas or qualities

• a type of narrative that tells a story

• a form of poetry that uses rhyme

• a method of character development

Which literary device involves the repetition of the sound at the beginning of words?

• Onomatopoeia

• Alliteration

• Hyperbole

• Pun

Imagery in writing is a literary device that uses descriptive language to create vivid mental pictures for the reader. How does it affect the reader?

• It helps the reader visualize the scene and engage with the text.

• It confuses the reader with unnecessary details.

• It provides factual information to the reader.

• It distracts the reader from the main plot.