Theme and Figurative Language Review

Front

What is the term for giving human traits to an object or animal?

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Personification

Front

What figurative language is used in the phrase 'I've been waiting in line for a hundred years'?

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Hyperbole

Front

What figurative language is illustrated by 'The feather danced across the room'?

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Personification

Front

What is an implicit comparison between two unrelated items that share characteristics?

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Metaphor

Front

What mood is conveyed in the line 'But the Raven, sitting lonely on the placid bust, spoke only that one word'?

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Gloomy

Front

What is a figure of speech that compares two different things using 'like' or 'as'?

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Simile

Front

What is the term for a statement that seems contradictory but reveals a truth?

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Paradox

Front

What is the term for a reference to a well-known person, place, event, or work of art?

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Allusion

Front

What is the repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words called?

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Alliteration

Front

What is the term for a word that imitates the sound it represents?

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Onomatopoeia