English Review

A reference to a famous person, place, event, or piece of literature is called a(n) ________.

• inference
• metaphor 
• rhyme scheme
• allusion 

The ideas and feelings associated with a word (positive, negative, or neutral) is the ________.

• imagery
• metaphor
• connotation
• denotation

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Which literary device is an extreme exaggeration? 

• Metaphor
• Alliteration
• Personification
• Hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

A sonnet has how many lines?

• 10
• 12
• 14
• 16

Free verse poetry does not have...

• stanzas
• plot or conflict
• rhyming pattern
• serious topic

What is the repetition of consonant sounds in the beginning of words?

• Repetition 
• Alliteration
• Hyperbole
• Rhyme 

What describes one thing as if it were something else?

• Simile 
• Metaphor
• Hyperbole
• Onomatopoeia 

What is writing or speech that is not meant to be taken literally?

• Hyperbole 
• Figurative Language 
• Sensory Language 
• Metaphor 

What is the use of words that imitate sounds? (Crash, bang, hiss, splat)

• Sensory Language 
• Hyperbole 
• Figurative Language 
• Onomatopoeia 

The author's or speaker's attitude toward the subject of the poem

• tone
• mood
• simile
• theme

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.8

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9