American Literature Benchmark Review

What is a simile?

• words start with the same sound

• a comparison using like or as

• a word that sounds like the sound it describes

• a play on words

What is a pun?

• words start with the same sound

• a comparison using like or as

• a word that sounds like the sound it describes

• a play on words

What is onomatopoeia?

• words start with the same sound

• a comparison using like or as

• a word that sounds like the sound it describes

• a play on words

What is alliteration?

• words start with the same sound

• a comparison using like or as

• a word that sounds like the sound it describes

• a play on words

What is an allusion?

• a comparison without using like or as

• a reference to an event or person in history or in literature

• an object that stands for something else

• a book that someone writes about their own life

What is an autobiography?

• a comparison without using like or as

• a reference to an event or person in history or in literature

• an object that stands for something else

• a book that someone writes about their own life

What is a symbol?

• a comparison without using like or as

• a reference to an event or person in history or in literature

• an object that stands for something else

• a book that someone writes about their own life

What is a metaphor?

• a comparison without using like or as

• a reference to an event or person in history or in literature

• an object that stands for something else

• a book that someone writes about their own life

What is hyperbole?

• a short, wise saying that tells a truth about life

• an exaggeration

• giving a non-human thing human characteristics

• an extended metaphor

What is allegory?

• a short, wise saying that tells a truth about life

• an exaggeration

• giving a non-human thing human characteristics

• an extended metaphor