Vocabulary Quiz Week of 8/26

What is a figure of speech that uses extreme exaggeration to emphasize a point or create a dramatic or humorous effect?

• Simile

• Hyperbole

• Figurative Language

• Tone

Which figure of speech compares two things using the words "like," "as," or "than"?

• Hyperbole

• Simile

• Contrast

• Mood

What is a way of using words in a non-literal way to create meaning in speech or writing?

• Figurative Language

• Venn Diagram

• Compare

• Author's Purpose

What is a graphic organizer that uses overlapping circles or other shapes to compare and contrast two or more ideas?

• Venn Diagram

• Simile

• Hyperbole

• Tone

What term describes the similarities between two things?

• Contrast

• Mood

• Compare

• Tone

What term describes how things are different?

• Compare

• Contrast

• Mood

• Hyperbole

What is an emotional state of mind or feeling?

• Tone

• Mood

• Simile

• Figurative Language

How does someone speak or write to convey their attitude or message?

• Tone

• Hyperbole

• Venn Diagram

• Compare

What term describes why the author wrote something?

• Mood

• Simile

• Author's Purpose

• Figurative Language

"I have a mountain of homework to complete."

• Literal

• Figurative