3rd Nine Weeks Test Review

spec-/spect- means

• after

• to run

• sound

• to see

What is an onomatopoeia?

• repeating the same or similar sounds of the first letter in a series of multiple words.

•  an extreme exaggeration

• human characteristics are given to something non-human.

• the use of words whose sounds echo their meanings, such as “buzz”, “crash”, and “boom”.

phon- means

• sound

• after

• before

• to hear

____________ is an extreme exaggeration.

• hyperbole

• metaphor

• simile

• alliteration

Peter prepared pizza for 50 people at a party.

This is an example of:

• onomatopoeia

• metaphor

• alliteration

• hyperbole

Human characteristics are given to something non-human.

• onomatopoeia

• simile

• hyperbole

• personification

Examples of External Character Traits

• lazy

• honest

• has wrinkles and freckles

• cheerful

post- means

• sound

• before

• after

• to see

Compares two things that are different by using the words “like” or “as”.

• metaphore

• simile

• personification

• alliteration

ped-/pod- means

• foot

• to run

• to see

• to skip