Week 14 Vocabulary PreQuiz

Draw a line from the Vocabulary words to their synonyms.

The Denotation of a word is...

• the emotional associations that a word carries with it.

• its dictionary definition

The Connotation of a word is...

• the emotional associations that a word carries with it.

• its dictionary definition

True or False: Figurative Language is the use of words to express meanings that are different from their literal definitions in order to enhance power, persuasiveness, or beauty

• True

• False

Which type of figurative language is when the author repeats certain words or phrases to call attention to a concept or idea?

• Personification

• Alliteration

• Anaphora

• Imagery

Which type of figurative language uses of figurative and connotative words in ways that appeal to the five senses.

• Imagery

• Personification

• Anaphora

• Alliteration

Which type of figurative language is a nonliteral comparison between two unlike items without obvious signal words like "as" or "like" ?

• Imagery

• Metaphor

• Anaphora

• Alliteration

Which type of figurative language makes a nonliteral comparison of unlike things - specifically gives nonliving items human characteristics?

• Imagery

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Simile

Which type of figurative language makes a nonliteral comparison of unlike things using "like" or "as"?

• Anaphora

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Simile

Which type of figurative language uses the repetition of beginning consonant sounds to create rhythm, or emphasis to certain words?

• Simile

• Alliteration

• Personification

• Onomatopoeia