5.2 - Vocabulary Review

What is the repetition of usually initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words or syllables called?

• Hyperbole

• Alliteration

• Metaphor

• Simile

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Which figurative language involves exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally?

• Idiom

• Imagery

• Hyperbole

• Personification

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

What is an expression that cannot be understood from the meanings of its separate words but must be learned as a whole?

• Idiom

• Simile

• Onomatopoeia

• Metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B

Which figurative language involves writing about objects, actions, and ideas in such a way that it appeals to our five physical senses?

• Imagery

• Personification

• Alliteration

• Hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

What is a word or phrase for one thing that is used to refer to another thing in order to show or suggest that they are similar?

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Onomatopoeia

• Idiom

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Which figurative language involves the forming of a word in imitation of a natural sound?

• Personification

• Simile

• Onomatopoeia

• Hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

What is the representation of a thing or idea as a person in art or literature called?

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Alliteration

• Imagery

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

What is a comparison of two unlike things, often introduced by 'like' or 'as'?

• Simile

• Idiom

• Hyperbole

• Metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

What is the repetition of usually initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words or syllables called?

• Allusion

• Hyperbole

• Alliteration

• Metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Which figurative language involves a brief and indirect reference to a person, place, thing, or idea of historical, cultural, literary, or political significance?

• Idiom

• Allusion

• Imagery

• Simile

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4