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What word best matches the following definition? A wise old saying containing a universal truth

Adage

What word best matches the following definition? The repetition of the same letter sound at the start of nearby words

Alliteration

What word best matches the following definition? An indirect reference to a person, place, thing, or event

Allusion

What word best captures the following example taken from Elie Wiesel's Night? "We were to leave the train here. There was a labor camp on site. The conditions were good. Families would not be separated."

Dramatic Irony

What word best captures the following example taken from Elie Wiesel's Night? "My heart was about to burst. There. I was face-to-face with the Angel of Death..."

Hyperbole

What word best matches the following definition? An exaggeration for dramatic or humorous effect

Hyperbole

What word best captures the following example taken from Elie Wiesel's Night? "'I wanted to run away, but my feet were nailed to the floor."

Idiom

What word best captures the following example taken from Elie Wiesel's Night? "'We mustn't give up hope, even now as the sword hangs over our heads...'"

Idiom

What word best matches the following definition? Expressions not meant to be taken literally

Idiom

What word best matches the following definition? Uses words to paint a picture in the reader's mind

Imagery

What word best matches the following definition? The opposite of what you expect; words used to convey the opposite

Irony

What word best captures the following example taken from Elie Wiesel's Night? "We were still trembling, and with every screech of the wheels, we felt the abyss opening beneath us."

Metaphor

What word best matches the following definition? Compares two unlike things directly WITHOUT the words "like" or "as"

Metaphor

What word best matches the following definition? A combination of contradictory (opposite) terms

Oxymoron

What word best captures the following example taken from Elie Wiesel's Night? "It all belonged to everyone since it no longer belonged to anyone."

Paradox

What word best matches the following definition? An absurd or self-contradictory statement that may prove to be well-founded or true

Paradox

What word best captures the following example taken from Elie Wiesel's Night? "The shadows around me roused themselves as if from a deep sleep and left silently in every direction."

Personification

What word best matches the following definition? Giving human characteristics to something nonhuman

Personification

What word best captures the following example taken from Elie Wiesel's Night? "Never shall I forget that night, the first night in camp...Never shall I forget the small faces of the children..."

Repetition

What word best captures the following example taken from Elie Wiesel's Night? "Monday went by like a small summer cloud, like a dream in the first hours of dawn."

Simile

What word best matches the following definition? Compares two unlike things using the words "like" or "as"

Simile

What word best captures the following example taken from Elie Wiesel's Night? "Never shall I forget that smoke..."

Synecdoche

What word best matches the following definition? A part that refers to the whole (or vice versa)

Synecdoche


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