Literary Devices Final Review

Question 1

Romeo and Juliet is told from what point of view?

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3rd

Question 2

"Almost died first year I come to school and et them pecans--folks say he pizened 'em" is ____.

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dialect

Question 3

"He gives his harness bells a shake" uses what sound device?

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alliteration

Question 4

The Odyssey and the Iliad are both what type of work?

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epic

Question 5

"If hair be wires, black wires grow on her head," is an example of what literary device?

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hyperbole

Question 6

Identify the literary device in the quote below.

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pun

Question 7

Name the literary device depicted: He was a thin leathery man with colorless eyes...

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imagery

Question 8

ID the type of indirect char. in the previous question: speech, thought, effect, or looks.

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looks

Question 9

Type of poem with fourteen lines (i.e. three quatrains and a couplet are what we studied).

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sonnet

Question 10

The main __________ of TKM deals with the trial of Tom Robinson.

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plot

Question 11

What type of work is Romeo and Juliet?

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drama

Question 12

MLK refers to "a great American, in whose symbolic shadow we stand today." What is this?

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allusion

Question 13

What do these characters have in common? Hector, Tybalt, Bob Ewell

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antagonists

Question 14

"Sally, you lied, you lied. He wouldn’t let me go." We can figure out what happened using ____.

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inference

Question 15

Each Shakespearean sonnet ends with a rhyming ___________.

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couplet

Question 16

In what Act of Romeo and Juliet does the climax occur?

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Act III

Question 17

What type of character is Tybalt in Romeo and Juliet?

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static

Question 18

Harper Lee, when describing this place as a "tired old town," uses what literary device?

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personification

Question 19

The ___________ of TKM involves getting Boo Radley to come out.

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sub-plot

Question 20

The mockingbird represents innocence and purity. What literary device means "to represent"?

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symbolism

Question 21

When Heck Tate tells Jem that Atticus is the "best shot in Maycomb County," it is this.

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direct characterization

Question 22

ID the connotation for "romped": We romped until the pans / Slid from the kitchen shelf.

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positive

Question 23

"One day I will say goodbye to Mango. I am too strong for her to keep me here forever."

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personification

Question 24

The overall message or moral. In Mango, it's that identity is shaped by many influences.

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theme

Question 25

What type of character is Atticus Finch?

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round

Question 26

Infer the correct adj. for Papa using this description: "With a palm caked hard by dirt."

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hardworking

Question 27

What are all of these? Maycomb, Verona, Mantua, Troy, Ithaca, Chicago

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setting

Question 28

House on Mango Street uses what type of story structure?

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vignettes

Question 29

"Feather of lead" and "bright smoke" are ____________.

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oxymorons

Question 30

"And miles to go before I sleep. / And miles to go before I sleep." What is this?

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refrain

Question 31

In RJ, this occurs when the audience knows Juliet is about to wake up but Romeo doesn't.

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dramatic irony

Question 32

Name the literary device: Until then, I am a red balloon, a balloon tied to an anchor.

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metaphor

Question 33

Romeo's is impulsiveness. Achilles' is anger. Odysseus' is pride.

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flaw (tragic or epic)

Literary Devices Final Review

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Literary Devices Final Review

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