Literature 8: Unit 5

 What literary device involving overstatement does Erma Bombeck use to achieve humor in “Elusive Rest Area”? 

Which is not a conflict that is present in Ben-Hur?

 The atmosphere of “Driving to Town Late to Mail a Letter” is best described as 

The narrator of “You Need to Go Upstairs” is 

 What is the term for a pause in the middle of a poetic line that is indicated by a mark of punctuation?

“The Way of the Water-Hyacinth” contains all of these literary devices except 

 Ben-Hur’s motivation for wanting to drive the sheik’s horses is

 The boy in “Incident of the French Camp” delivers a message to 

The setting of “Emily Geiger” is 

What term describes a poetic line that flows past the end of one verse line into the next withno punctuation inbetween?

We say that “The Banks of the Sacramento” is written from the limited point of view because

All of the following are examples of foreshadowing in “The Banks of the Sacramento” except which one?

The authorial purpose of “You Need to Go Upstairs” was probably to do all of these except

The tone of “The First Robin” is 

In Ben-Hur pride is the chief character flaw of 

From “All That Is Gold Does Not Glitter,” what does the statement “Not all who wander are lost” exemplify?

 Which of these genres best describes the work Ben-Hur?

All of the following are true about “Incident of the French Camp” and “Emily Geiger” except that