alex 7 la unit 1 test

Question 1

alliteration

Answer 1

repeating of beginning consonant sounds

Question 2

allusion

Answer 2

a reference to a well-known person, place, thing or event that the writer assumes the reader will know about

Question 3

analogy

Answer 3

a comparison of a similar object. an analogy suggests that is things are alike in some ways, they will probably be alike in other ways

Question 4

connotative meaning

Answer 4

the connotative meaning of a word is the attitude or feeling or emotion of a speaker or the writer

Question 5

internal rhyme

Answer 5

rhyming with the line, not at the end of the line in poetry

Question 6

metaphor

Answer 6

a figure of speech that compares two things without using “like” or “as”

Question 7

moral

Answer 7

the lesson about life either stated or implied, found in fables or tales

Question 8

hyperbole

Answer 8

extreme exaggeration or overstatement used for emphasis

Question 9

imagery

Answer 9

using words that create a strong picture and which may relate to all five senses , not just sight

Question 10

onomatopoeia

Answer 10

the use of a word that stands in place of a sound

Question 11

personification

Answer 11

the giving of human quality’s to non-living things or animals

Question 12

repetition

Answer 12

the repeating of a word or phrase for an effect

Question 13

simile

Answer 13

a figure of speech that compares two things using “like” or “as”

Question 14

symbol

Answer 14

a concrete or real object that is used to represent an idea

Question 15

theme

Answer 15

the central underlining insight into life presented by the author through events in the story or poem

Question 16

rhyme scheme

Answer 16

rhyme pattern of poem labeled with letters that show which lines have to same rhyme

Question 17

stanza

Answer 17

a division in a poem named for the number of lines it contains