10th Grade Unit #2 Quiz #1

simile

a figure of speech in which the words like or as are used to compare two apparently dissimilar items.

metaphor

a figure of speech in which one thing is spoken of as though it were something else.

personification

A type of figurative language in which a nonhuman subject is given human characteristics

hyperbole

a deliberate exaggeration or overstatement

alliteration

the occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words.

imagery

the descriptive or figurative language used in literature to create word pictures for the reader

irony

a contradiction between what happens and what is expected.

frame narrative

a literary technique that involves a story within a story. In this technique, a narrator in one setting tells a story that takes place in another time and place.

foreshadowing

the use of clues to suggest events that have yet to occur

symbolism

the use of symbols that stand for or represent something else.