ELA Final Exam Review

1. a word part added to the beginning of a root or base word to change its meaning
3. a rhetorical appeal to logic or reasoning
7. a reference to something widespread or well-known
8. a comparison between two objects which includes the words "like" or "as"
10. ______________ language is the use of words in a non-literal way to create a vivid or imaginative effect
13. an extreme exaggeration, done for effect
14. a group of lines forming the basic recurring metrical unit in a poem; a verse
16. describes an action or state of being
17. describes a person, place, thing or idea
18. a person, place, thing, or idea

2. visually descriptive or figurative language, especially in a literary work
4. punctuation that typically separates two independent clauses
5. a word part added to the ending of a root or base word to change its meaning
6. the formation of words whose sound imitates the sound of the action or object they describe
7. the occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words
9. a rhetorical appeal to credibility or authority
11. an action or state of being
12. the subject of a talk, a piece of writing, a person's thoughts, or an exhibition; a topic
15. a rhetorical appeal to emotion or feelings