PSSA Vocabulary Set 2

What is an affix?

• A form of dialogue

• A detailed description

• A prefix or suffix

• A type of literary genre

What does alliteration refer to?

• The development of characters

• The repetition of beginning sounds in neighboring words

• The use of hyperbole

• The ending of a story

What is hyperbole?

• A type of literary genre

• A conversation between characters

• Using exaggeration to emphasize a feeling, situation or issue

• A return to an earlier time

What is imagery?

• Imagery is the use of descriptive language that creates vivid pictures in the reader's mind.

• Imagery refers to the use of abstract concepts to convey ideas.

• Imagery is a technique used to summarize a text.

• Imagery involves the use of statistical data to support arguments.

What is a metaphor?

• A figure of speech that makes a comparison between two unlike things without using 'like' or 'as'.

• A type of simile that uses 'like' or 'as'.

• A statement that is literally true and does not involve comparison.

• A rhetorical device that exaggerates for emphasis.

What is an allusion?

• 
  A type of metaphor

• A brief, indirect reference to another person, place, thing, idea or writing

• 
  A detailed description of a setting

• 
  A direct quote from another work

Which term refers to giving human qualities to non-human objects?

• Simile

• Personification

• Onomatopoeia

• Idiom

What is an idiom?

• A comparison of two unlike things using 'like' or 'as'

• A scene in a novel that is set at a time later than the main story

• A phrase, unique to a culture, that can't be taken literally

• The emotional atmosphere of a piece

Buzz, splash, bam, pow, or animal sounds like: moo, neigh, meow, oink are examples of what type of figurative language?

• Alliteration

• Oxymoron

• Onomatopoeia

• Assonance

What is a simile?

• A figure of speech that compares two different things using 'like' or 'as'.

• A type of metaphor that does not use 'like' or 'as'.

• A literary device that exaggerates for emphasis.

• A phrase that describes something in a literal sense.