Reading Comprehension Review

A phrase that uses creative language and doesn’t mean exactly what it says.

• Figurative Language
• Hyperbole
• Tone
• Plot

A comparison between two unlike things without using “like” or “as.

• Simile
• Metaphor
• Alliteration
• Irony

A comparison using the words “like” or “as.”

• Metaphor
• Theme
• Simile
• Message

Giving human qualities to something non-human

• Imagery
• Metaphor
• Personification
• Conflict

Language that creates pictures in your mind using your senses.

• Imagery
• Stanza
• Plot
• Setting

A saying that doesn’t mean what the words actually say.

• Idiom
• Simile
• Irony
• Theme

When a group of words starts with the same sound

• Simile
• Alliteration
• Hyperbole
• Mood

A phrase that combines two opposite words.

• Theme
• Irony
• Oxymoron
• Plot

A word that sounds like the noise it describes.

• Tone
• Onomatopoeia
• Imagery
• Metaphor

When the opposite of what is expected happens.

• Irony
• Idiom
• Stanza
• Comparison