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a phrase or expression that is overused
a) simile
b) alliteration
c) idiom
d) cliche
giving human characteristics to inanimate things
a) imagery
b) personification
c) symbolism
d) idiom
words that make sounds
a) idiom
b) onomatopoeia
c) allusion
d) alliteration
when an author uses words that appeal to senses (sight, sound, touch, taste, smell)
a) personification
b) figurative
c) idiom
d) imagery
an exaggeration used to make or prove a point
a) literal
b) alliteration
c) hyperbole
d) cliche
when two or more important words begin with the same initial sound
a) cliche
b) allusion
c) idiom
d) alliteration
a comparison of unlike things that says something is another thing
a) metaphor
b) allusion
c) alliteration
d) simile
a comparison of unlike things using like or as
a) metaphor
b) simile
c) hyperbole
d) imagery
to represent what really is
a) literal
b) symbolic
c) figurative
d) simile
a reference of something famous or well known
a) alliteration
b) allusion
c) idiom
d) metaphor
a word or phrase that means something other than what is actually being said
a) literal
b) cliche
c) idiom
d) imagery
imagery
a) a word or phrase that means something other than what is actually being said
b) a reference of something famous or well known
c) when an author uses words that appeal to senses (sight, sound, touch, taste, smell)
d) an exaggeration used to make or prove a point
hyperbole
a) an exaggeration used to make or prove a point
b) giving human characteristics to inanimate things
c) to represent what really is
d) words that make sounds
alliteration
a) words that make sounds
b) a reference of something famous or well known
c) a comparison of unlike things using like or as
d) when two or more important words begin with the same initial sound
metaphor
a) a comparison of unlike things using like or as
b) a comparison of unlike things that says something is another thing
c) when an author uses words that appeal to senses (sight, sound, touch, taste, smell)
d) when two or more important words begin with the same initial sound
onomatopoeia
a) words that make sounds
b) when two or more important words begin with the same initial sound
c) giving human characteristics to inanimate things
d) to represent what really is
personification
a) giving human characteristics to inanimate things
b) a word or phrase that means something other than what is actually being said
c) a phrase or expression that is overused
d) to represent what really is
cliche
a) a word or phrase that means something other than what is actually being said
b) words that make sounds
c) a reference of something famous or well known
d) a phrase or expression that is overused
allusion
a) a comparison of unlike things using like or as
b) a reference of something famous or well known
c) when an author uses words that appeal to senses (sight, sound, touch, taste, smell)
d) an exaggeration used to make or prove a point
idiom
a) giving human characteristics to inanimate things
b) a phrase or expression that is overused
c) a word or phrase that means something other than what is actually being said
d) when two or more words begin with the same initial sound
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