Ms, morrone study guide

Question 1

Alliteration

Answer 1

the occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words.: “the alliteration of “sweet birds sang”” “alliterations are clustered in the last few lines”.

Question 2

Allusion

Answer 2

an expression designed to call something to mind without mentioning it explicitly; an indirect or passing reference.

Question 3

metaphor

Answer 3

a figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable.: “her poetry depends on suggestion and metaphor

Question 4

Onomatopoeia

Answer 4

the formation of a word from a sound associated with what is named (e.g. cuckoo, sizzle).

Question 5

Personification

Answer 5

the attribution of a personal nature or human characteristics to something nonhuman, or the representation of an abstract quality in human form.

Question 6

Simile

Answer 6

a figure of speech involving the comparison of one thing with another thing of a different kind, used to make a description more emphatic or vivid (e.g., as brave as a lion, crazy like a fox).