5 Written Questions

1. A brief, indirect reference to something with which the author expects the reader to be familiar (historical event or object)
2. A difference between the way things seem and the way they really are. Most Common Type - Situational -- where events that happen in a way that is opposite of what everyone expects. This is what you have always called just "irony."
3. Great exaggeration
4. A creative expression (figure of speech) that is worn out from too much use.
5. When the story goes back to an earlier event and relives it. Ex: We learn about Hugo's father through flashback.

5 Multiple Choice Questions

1. When human characteristics are given to non-linving objects or animals.
   1. Metaphor
   2. Simile
   3. Allusion
   4. Personification
2. A direct comparison of two UNLIKE items using LIKE or As.
   1. Simile
   2. Cliche
   3. Symbol
   4. Imagery
3. Very descriptive writing that uses the language of the senses
   1. Cliche
   2. Imagery
   3. Simile
   4. Irony
4. When an object used takes on a deeper meaning. Ex: The heart shaped key in Hugo is a symbol for life.
   1. Symbol
   2. Oxymoron
   3. Hyperbole
   4. Simile
5. When two UNLIKE objects or people are put together in a story. Ex: socks and flip flops
   1. Hyperbole
   2. Incongruity
   3. Irony
   4. Imagery

4 True/False Questions

1. Figurative Language → When the story goes back to an earlier event and relives it. Ex: We learn about Hugo's father through flashback.

   True        False

2. Oxymoron → Two contradictory (opposite) words used together to form an expression.

   True        False

3. Metaphor → A comparison of two UNLIKE items NOT using like or as.

   True        False

4. Foreshadowing → A difference between the way things seem and the way they really are. Most Common Type - Situational -- where events that happen in a way that is opposite of what everyone expects. This is what you have always called just "irony."

   True        False