ENGLISH 10E

Question 1

Imagery

Answer 1

Use of figurative language to describe objects, in a way that appears to our physical senses

Question 2

Hyperbole

Answer 2

An exaggeration of ideas for the sake of emphasis

Question 3

Verbal Irony

Answer 3

The use of words to mean something different then they appear

Question 4

Situational Irony

Answer 4

The difference between what is expected to happen and what actually happens

Question 5

Dramatic Irony

Answer 5

When the audience is aware of something of which the character is not

Question 6

Simile

Answer 6

A figure of speech that makes a comparison using “like” or “as” and sometimes “then”.

Question 7

Alliteration

Answer 7

A number of words having the same first letter or first sound that occurs when close together in a series

Question 8

Onomatopoeia

Answer 8

A word which mimics the sound it represents

Question 9

Metaphor

Answer 9

A figure of speech that makes a direct comparison between two different things

Question 10

Connotation

Answer 10

the implied meaning of a word

Question 10

Personification

Answer 10

giving human traits to a idea thing or animal

Question 10

Allusion

Answer 10

reference to something with literacy work, ex. his smile is like kryptonite

Question 10

Paradox

Answer 10

A silly statement that makes sense, ex. nobody goes to the pizza place its too crowded

Question 11

Oxymoron

Answer 11

Two opposite ideas joined to create an effect