NESA-R Review-Literary Devices-Part 1

Question 1

Simile: He was as nervous as a cat in a room full of rocking chairs. What is being compared?

Accepted Answer

he and the cat

Question 2

Alliteration: Alliteration is the repetition of initial sounds in words.

Accepted Answer

Don't attract attention., seashells by the seashore

Question 3

Analogy: Comparative phrase dealing with relationships.

Accepted Answer

dog is to bone as monkey is to bannana, black is to white as cold is to hot

Question 4

Idiom: Phrase that means something different than the individual words.

Accepted Answer

Fly off the handle.

Question 5

Rhyme: A word that rhymes at the end of a verse. My teacher lost her head so she stayed in

Accepted Answer

bed.

Question 6

Metaphor: A metaphor is a comparison of two unlike items: saying one thing is something else.

Accepted Answer

John is a clown

Question 7

Analogy: Choose the word that completes the analogy. peak : mountain :: addition :

Accepted Answer

sum

Question 8

Onomatopoeia: Words that mimic the sound something makes.

Accepted Answer

Buzzzzzz, sang the alarm., Meow! Meow!

Question 9

Personification: Giving something human characteristics

Accepted Answer

The clouds roared during the night. dogs.

Question 10

Literary Device: A simile is comparing two things with either like or as.

Accepted Answer

True

Questions 10