Ch 2 Glossary Terms and Examples

Match the following literary terms with their correct definitions:

• Repetition of consonant sounds

• Antithesis

• Repetition of words in reverse order

• Anaphora

• Reference to an established literary work

• Antimetabole

• Opposition, or contrast, of ideas or words in a parallel construction

• Allusion

• Repetition of a word or phrase

• Alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Match the rhetorical device with its correct example:

• The sound of the volcano was so peaceful.

• Oxymoron

• We can’t go to the park tomorrow because it’s going to rain, there will also be thunderstorm with strong winds and big tornados, a hurricane, and an earthquake.

• Asyndeton

• Get your money up, not your funny up.

• Cumulative Sentence

• You are a clown.

• Hortative Sentence

• Get the money, don’t forget to get the money, and when you get the money, bring me the money

• Metaphor

Match the following figures of speech with their definitions:

• Figure of speech that compares two things using like or as

• Rhetorical Sentence

• Figure of speech in the form of a question posed for rhetorical effect

• Synecdoche

• Figure of speech that uses a part to represent the whole

• Simile

• Use of two different words in a grammatically similar way that produces different meanings

• Personification

• Attribution of a lifelike quality to an inanimate object or idea

• Zeugma

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

Juxtaposition

• Anything that stands for or represents something else

• Placement of two things closely together in order to compare or contrast

• The giving of human qualities to an animal, object, or idea

• A comparison using "like" or "as"

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

What is the definition of hyperbole?

• An extreme exaggeration to add meaning

• a comparison of dissimilar things

• repetition of the first sound of a word

• the underlying main idea of a literary work

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CCSS.L.11-12.5A

What is the definition of metaphor?

• A direct comparison between two unlike things

• A humorous or satirical imitation of a serious piece of literature

• The use of symbols to represent ideas or qualities

• A figure of speech in which a part is used to represent the whole

Tags

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

Which of the following best describes personification?

• Giving human characteristics to non-human things

• A statement that contradicts itself

• A play on words

• A reference to a well-known person, place, or event

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CCSS.L.6.5A

What is the definition of onomatopoeia?

• The repetition of consonant sounds

• A word that imitates the sound it represents

• A comparison using 'like' or 'as'

• An expression designed to call something to mind without mentioning it explicitly

What is a simile?

• A direct comparison between two unlike things

• A comparison using 'like' or 'as'

• A word that imitates the sound it represents

• An extreme exaggeration to add meaning

Tags

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

Which of the following best describes irony?

• A situation where the opposite of what is expected occurs

• A humorous or satirical imitation of a serious piece of literature

• The use of symbols to represent ideas or qualities

• A figure of speech in which a part is used to represent the whole

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3