Question

1. onomatopoeia is the name for words that sound like what they describe. which of the following is an example of onomatopoeia? a. “voila,” the chef announced, revealing a glorious dessert, set aflame. b. “yikes!” riley exclaimed, gritting her teeth. “i do not want to talk about that!” c. justin poured a glass of soda, listening to the bubbles fizz in the glass. d. haroun could hear, from the crowd, shouts of “hooray!” and chants of his name. 7. hyperbole is a purposeful exaggeration or overstatement. which of the following is an example of hyperbole? a. with the tournament win, julia was declared a champion golfer. b. peter received the lowest scores of any of the runners. c. that kitten was so cute i died when i saw it. d. i feel happiest when i’ve won a game of scrabble. 8. assonance is the smoothest, coolest, loosest literary term on the block. it is the repetition of vowel sounds in words that are close together, and it is sometimes known as “internal rhyme” or “slant rhyme.” which of the following song lyrics contain assonance? a. “memories keep playing back, all the nights we used to love/ just wondering how we used to was, used to was” b. “my restlessness is my nemesis/ it’s hard to really chill and sit still” c. “into the roads/ it’s open/ bare to your left my heart sits there” d. “i got my city doing front flips” 9. alliteration is the repetition of sounds, especially the first consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words. remember, consonants are any letter that’s not a vowel. which of the following song lyrics contain an example of alliteration? a. “when i’m on the mic i stand tall with gall” b. “drama, so close to not completing the missing piece of the puzzle” c. “stuck in nintendo, you’re the controller/ street fighter and such” d. “my mind makes marvelous moves, masses/ marvel and move, many mock what i’ve mastered”

Explanation:

• Question 6: Onomatopoeia is when a word imitates a sound. In option C, "fizz" imitates the sound of bubbles.
• Question 7: Hyperbole is an exaggeration. In option C, "I died when I saw it" is an exaggeration of cuteness.
• Question 8: Assonance is vowel - sound repetition. In option B, "restlessness", "nemesis", "chill", "sit", "still" have vowel - sound repetition.
• Question 9: Alliteration is consonant - sound repetition at the start of words. In option C, "Stuck", "Street" have the same consonant sound at the start.

Answer:

1. C. Justin poured a glass of soda, listening to the bubbles fizz in the glass
2. C. That kitten was so cute I died when I saw it
3. B. "My restlessness is my nemesis/ It's hard to really chill and sit still"
4. C. "Stuck in Nintendo, you're the controller/ Street Fighter and such"