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Total questions: 21
Worksheet time: 11mins
A metaphor is...
A comparison of 2 unlike things using "like" or "as" between them
Giving objects and things human qualities
A direct comparison of 2 unlike things
sound words
"Then the flames leaped up, reaching my face." This quote has an example of...
a metaphor
personification
a simile
onomatopoeia
In the Six + 1 Traits of Writing, CONVENTIONS are...
Places where businessmen share their ideas
the structure of sentences
vocabulary
grammar, punctuation, spelling, and capitalization
"he looked vulnerable and homely, with two visible font teeth--my own were missing at the time--..."
rule of three
repetition
contrast
humor
A hyperbole is...
a comparison of 2 unlike things using "like" or "as' between them.
a sound word
giving objects lifelike (human) characteristics
an extreme exaggeration used for effect
"...his tail, long, and bare and very stiff, stuck out." This quote contains...
rule of three
a metaphor
onomatopoeia (sound pattern)
contrast
To repeat important words or phrases for emphasis
rhyme
repetition
alliteration
allusion
The end of the words sound the same...
You can reach the sky
If you try
rhyme
repetition
alliteration
allusion
The beginning of the words sound the same...
The silky, slender snake slithered through the grass.
rhyme
repetition
alliteration
allusion
Emotive language is when words evoke (create) a particular emotion in the reader, e.g. anger.
True
False
What is Personification?
A comparison of two unlike things in which a word of comparison (like or as) is used.
A literary device in which the author speaks of or describes an animal, object, or idea, as if it were a person
When the rhyming words occur in the same line of poetry.
A comparison of two unlike things in which no word of comparison (like or as) is used
Sally sold sea shells by the sea shore is an example of?
onomatopeia
alliteration
personification
simile
A phrase that means something other than what it says is?
Simile
Hyperbole
Idiom
Alliteration
The burning wood hissed and cracked.
Hyperbole
Onomatopeia
Idiom
Personification
"if she had just looked at my very innocent face, my wide-open, completely uncriminal eyes..." This quote contains an example of...
alliteration
emotive language
rhetorical question
simile
"I looked like a ballerina." This quote contains...
metaphor
personification
hyperbole
simile
"I smelled the burning and heard a horrible crackling as the fire singed my hair..." This quote contains...
simile
metaphor
onomatopoeia (sound patterns)
personification
"Brian's head is so hard, I think the floor took more damage than he did." This quote contains...
rule of three
sound patterns
humor
contrast
restating words and phrases for emphasis...
climax ordering
alliteration
parallelism
repetition
Watch out for him, ladies...he's a Romeo!
Personification
Alliteration
Concrete
Allusion
"Let us go forth to lead the land we love."
Allusion
Contrast
Alliteration
Repetition
