LESSON 2- PRETEST

A figure of speech used for comparing two unlike things that is often introduced by the words “like” or “as”

• simile

• metaphor

• hyperbole

• personification

The person/character who is understood to be speaking (or thinking or writing) in a particular work

• mood

• tone

• theme

• persona

The feelings a reader gets while reading a literary piece as a result of the author’s tone and the text’s atmosphere

• mood

• tone

• theme

• symbolism

The underlying meaning or big idea about life conveyed in a literary piece.

• mood

• tone

• theme

• symbolism

A figure of speech in which a word literally denoting one kind of object is used in place of another to suggests likeness.

• simile

• metaphor

• hyperbole

• personification

The author’s attitude or feelings towards a subject.

• mood

• tone

• theme

• symbolism

The use of symbols to represent an idea or quality

• mood

• tone

• theme

• symbolism

A figure of speech in which an author or speaker purposely exaggerates to an extreme

• simile

• metaphor

• hyperbole

• personification

A figure of speech in which a thing, an idea, or an animal is given human attributes

• simile

• metaphor

• hyperbole

• personification