1) repetition of initial consonant sounds within a group of words. For example, “Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.” a) Alliteration b) Allusion c) Cliché d) Consonance 2) a word that imitates, suggests, or resembles the sound it’s describing. Common onomatopoeias include “gurgle,” “hiss,” “boom,” “whir,” and “whizz. a) Assonance b) Cliché c) Onomatopoeia d) Dramatic Irony 3) an advance warning about something that’s going to happen in the future. a) Foreshadowing b) Symbolism c) Allusion d) Anthropomorphism 4) an exaggeration that’s not meant to be taken literally. For example, if my friend surprised me by eating a lot of pizza, I might say, “Hey man, remember that time you ate, like, fifteen pizzas in one night?” a) Hyperbole b) Flashback c) Foreshadowing d) Verbal Irony 5) seemingly contradictory terms appear together. For example, “the dumbest genius I know.” a) Cliché b) Euphemism c) Assonance d) Oxymoron 6) a scene set in an earlier time than the main story. They’re often used to provide important context or backstory for an event you’re discussing. a) Flashback b) Point of View c) Personification d) Cliché 7) the perspective you use to tell your story. a) Point of View b) Assonance c) Consonance d) Dramatic Irony 8) a polite way of describing something indirectly. a) Onomatopoeia b) Hyperbole c) Verbal Irony d) Euphemism 9) when you give human traits, emotions, or intentions to non-human creatures or things. a) Cliché b) Anthropomorphism c) Euphemism d) Simile 10) a type of irony that occurs when an audience understands the context more than the character in a story. a) Dramatic Irony b) Euphemism c) Imagery d) Onomatopoeia 11) occurs when a person says one thing but means another. Sarcasm is a good example of verbal irony. For example, you might say, “It was a wonderful dinner,” when, in fact, the food was terrible, and your partner showed up an hour late. a) Point of View b) Assonance c) Alliteration d) Verbal Irony 12) compares two different things in an interesting way. It often highlights the similarities between two different ideas. a) Point of View b) Symbolism c) Idiom d) Metaphor 13) compares two different things in an interesting way. But unlike a metaphor, a simile uses comparison words like “like” or “as.” a) Personification b) Allusion c) Simile d) Foreshadowing 14) when you repeat consonant sounds throughout a particular word or phrase. Unlike alliteration, the repeated consonant doesn’t have to come at the beginning of the word. a) Point of View b) Epigraph c) Consonance d) Imagery 15) it involves repeating vowel sounds. This is usually a subtler kind of echo. For example, the words “penitence” and “reticence” are assonant. a) Assonance b) Foreshadowing c) Metaphor d) Oxymoron 16) a short quotation or saying at the beginning of a book or chapter, intended to suggest its theme. a) Epigraph b) Euphemism c) Metaphor d) Simile 17) a reference to a person, place, thing, concept, or other literary work that a reader is likely to recognize. a) Onomatopoeia b) Flashback c) Allusion d) Epigraph 18) a saying or idea that is used so often it becomes seen as unoriginal. a) Alliteration b) Hyperbole c) Cliché d) Point of View 19) a saying that uses figurative language whose meaning differs from what it literally says. a) Flashback b) Dramatic Irony c) Idiom d) Consonance 20) appeals to readers’ senses through highly descriptive language. a) Point of View b) Euphemism c) Imagery d) Personification 21) uses human traits to describe non-human things. a) Assonance b) Point of View c) Personification d) Euphemism 22) represent abstract concepts and ideas in their stories Symbols typically derive from objects or non-humans — for instance, a dove might represent peace, or a raven might represent death. a) Symbolism b) Metaphor c) Epigraph d) Cliché

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