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Howes 2nd Exam Rev
Review for Spring Exam
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Repetition of initial consonant sounds | Alliteration |
| Reference to a well-known person, place, event, literary work, or work of art | Allusion |
| A figure of speech in which one thing is spoken of as though it were something else. | Metaphor |
| A figure of speech in which the words like, as or than are used to compare two apparently dissimilar items. | Simile |
| A contradiction between what the character thinks and what the reader knows to be true | Dramatic Irony |
| The use in a literary work of clues that suggest events that have yet to occur | Foreshadowing |
| The use of words that imitate sounds | Onomatopoeia |
| Conversation between two or more people as a feature of a book, play, or movie | Dialogue |
| A type of figurative language in which a nonhuman object is given human characteristics | Personification |
| Using a word, phrase, or clause more than once in a short passag | Repetition |
| The repetition of the sound of a vowel | Assonance |
| Exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally. | Hyperbole |
| Apparently contradictory (opposite) terms appear in conjunction | Oxymoron |
| Differences between appearance and reality, or expectation and result | Irony |
| An instruction written into the script of a play, indicating stage actions, movements of performers, or production requirements. | Stage Directions |
| Descriptive or figurative language used in literature to create word pictures for the reader often using the five senses | Imagery |
| Let us go forth to lead the land we love. | Alliteration |
| Thy kingdom come, thy will be done | Assonance |
| If you call me that name again, I'm going to explode! | Hyperbole |
| Henry was a lion on the battlefield | Metaphor |
| Hurts so good | Oxymoron |
| The raging winds | Personification |
| He is like a mouse in front of the teacher | Simile |
| He was a real Romeo with the ladies. | Allusion |
| The gushing brook trickled its way down the lush green mountains, dotted with tiny flowers in a riot of colors and trees coming alive with gaily chirping birds. | Imagery |
| He had no idea of the disastrous chain of events to follow | Foreshadowing |
| I will not marry yet. And when I do, I swear It shall be Romeo, whom you know I hate, | Dramatic Irony |
| Ring around the rosey A pocket full of posey Ashes, ashes, we all fall down | Repetition |
| [Sarah enters stage right and sits down] | Stage Directions |
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