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Literary Devices and "The Tell-Tale Heart"
Literary Devices and "The Tell-Tale Heart"
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A Quiz! for students to review vocabulary and "The Tell-Tale Heart" before their test.
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“Death, in approaching him, had stalked with his black shadow before him…” Literary device?
Simile
Personification
Imagery
Irony
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Which vocab word means intelligence and good judgement?
audacity
acute
sagacity
suavity
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Figurative Meaning is?
NOT the literal meaning of a word or phrase
The words mean what the words say.
Uses symbols to convey meaning
It deals with figures
4
When the readers or viewers, know something that a character in the story doesn’t know, it is?
Verbal Irony
Irony
Irony
Dramatic Irony
5
What about the old man vexed the narrator?
His pet
His outfits
His home
His "vulture eye"
6
What event does the narrator foreshadow in the third paragraph?
The narrator's vacation plans
The old man's murder
The narrator leaving the old man
The old man's surprise party
7
Name the literary device: The whole scene where he tells about disposing of the old man’s body
Irony
Personification
Symbolism
Imagery
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Definition of audacity?
mocking
sharp
wary
boldness
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Literary Device? ““I heard all things in the heaven and in the earth...How, then, am I mad?”
Symbolism
Dramatic Irony
Simile
Verbal Irony
10
A way of speaking that is characteristic of certain geographic regions or groups of people, is?
Verbal Irony
Irony
Dialect
Symbolism
11
The way a writer uses language is what?
Style
Literary Devices
Irony
Imagery
12
Name this device: Language that creates word pictures
Imagery
Foreshadowing
Style
Dramatic Irony
13
What makes the narrator confess to his crime?
The pressure of what he did
All the above
His guilty conscience
The "sound" of the old man's heartbeat
14
Name the literary device: "for the shutters were close fastened, through the fear of robbers"
Symbolism
Foreshadowing
Imagery
Irony
15
Where does the narrator hide the body?
In the backyard
Under the floor boards
In the cemetary
Under the bed
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Definition of vexed?
Disturbed
Cautious
Scared
Annoyed
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Which vocab word means smooth manner?
suavity
derision
refrained
vexed
18
Definition of acute?
Sharp
Held back
Disturbed
Ridicule
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What is Irony?
Adds either suspense or humor to the story.
All of the above.
A contrast between expectation and reality.
What happens is the opposite of what you would expect.
20
Name the literary device used: “He was stone, stone dead.”
Symbolism
Dramatic Irony
Metaphor
Simile
21
What is Symbolism?
All of the above
Used to present unexpected happenings
Used to show comparisons of unlike things.
Used to show meaning through objects, people, or events
22
"I loved the old man...I made up my mind to take the life of the old man" Literary device used?
Literal meaning
Personification
Verbal Irony
Metaphor
23
What is Verbal Irony?
“Nobody did their homework? Great job, 8th graders!”
Sometimes called sarcasm.
When we say the opposite of what we mean.
All of the above.
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What is Personification?
Giving inanimate (non-living) things human qualities.
Bringing a person to life.
Giving animate things human qualities.
Create pictures using words.
25
Definition of vehemently ?
forcefully
sharp
smooth manner
disturbed
26
What did the narrator do for seven nights in the old man's bedroom?
Wanted to see his eye
He stalked him
Only saw the old man and left
All of the above
27
Which vocab word means held back?
gesticulations
refrained
vexed
suavity
28
What is the definition of energetic gestures?
acute
gesticulations
vehemently
refrained
29
Definition of derision?
ridicule
energetic gestures
held back
cautious
30
Name this device: Comparison of two unlike things using the words like, as, than, or resembles
Irony
Metaphor
Simile
Dialect
31
Name the literary device used in this quote: "One of his eyes resembled that of a vulture."
Simile
Metaphor
Irony
Personification
32
Literal Meaning is?
We say the opposite of what we mean.
The words DON'T mean what the words say.
The strict, dictionary definition of a word or phrase.
Comparison using the words like, as, than, or resembles.
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Definition of wary?
disturbed
boldness
cautious
forcefully
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What is a metaphor?
Compares two unlike things WITHOUT like, as, than, resembles
May the force be with you!
You say the opposite of what you mean.
Compares two unlike things using like, as, than, resembles
35
Name the literary device used: "...hearkening to the deathwatches in the wall."
Imagery
Verbal Irony
Simile
Symbolism
