ELA Review

2. A figure of speech that uses an incredible exaggeration or overstatement for an effect
5. Turning point in a story
7. A person, place, or object that has meaning itself but suggests other meanings as well
8. The action of a story
9. To summarize in one's own words
12. Zip, buzz, ruff
14. Use of language to evoke a picture or concrete sensation
15. Figure of speech that makes a comparison without using like or as
17. The main problem a character faces
19. Giving human quality to objects or animals
20. Referring back to a certain point in time

1. The attitude a writer takes toward the subject of a work, the characters, or the audience
3. Sweet sorrow, deafening silence
4. A reference to someone or something
6. Repetition of same or similar consonant sounds in words that are close together
10. Story or poem in which characters, settings, and events stand for people, events, and abstract ideas
11. "The Atlantic was like polished plate glass"
13. A speaker or writer's choice of words
16. The narrator's position in relation to a story being told
18. Hint of something to come