Pre-Test: Figurative Language
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- Q1Comparing two unlike things using words such as "like" or "as"simile30s
- Q2A nonhuman subject is given human characteristicspersonification30s
- Q3A comparison of two unlike thingsmetaphor30s
- Q4A word that imitates the sound it represents.onomatopoeia30s
- Q5Descriptive language that appeals to one or more of the five sensesimagery30s
- Q6A figure of speech that uses exaggeration to express strong emotion, make a point, or evoke humorhyperbole30s
- Q7Occurs when the audience knows something important that the character in the play/story does not know.dramatic Irony30s
- Q8Repetition of initial consonant soundsalliteration30s
- Q9A play on words that are similar in sound but different in meaningpun30s
- Q10A common, often used expression that doesn't make sense if you take it literally.idiom30s
- Q11A (concrete) object that represents an abstract idea, feeling, or thoughtsymbolism30s
- Q12Repetition of internal vowel soundsassonance30s
- Q13An overused expressioncliché30s
- Q14A combination of words that have opposite or very different meaningsoxymoron30s
- Q15A sub-type of parallelism, repetition of words or phrases at the beginning of successive lines or sentences.anaphora30s
