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"The Jacket" Literary Devices

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Literary devices

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1
Which of the following is a metaphor?
c. "...until that sleeve shriveled into a palsied arm."
a. "My chest puffed up with muscle..."
b. "...flapped the jacket like a bird’s wings."
d. "...I watched the white puffs of my breath thin..."
2
True/False: This IS an example of imagery.
c. False
a. Horse
b. True
3
True/False: This IS NOT an example of alliteration.
b. False
a. True
4
True/False: The following IS an example of imagery.
b. False
a. True
5
Which is an example of hyperbole?
a. The wind howled in the night
d. "I watched the white puffs of my breaththin to nothing."
c. Grandpa is older than dirt
b. This car goes faster than the speed of light
6
True/False: This IS an example of alliteration.
a. False
b. True
7
Which one of these sentences does NOT contain onomatopoeia?
b. The floor creaked as I walked across it.
d. The race car screeched down the road.
a. The really red rose is beautiful.
c. The bee was buzzing in my ear.
8
What does Soto mean calling his jacket the “green ugly brother who breathed over my shoulder”?
a. He knows he will defeat it someday.
b. The jacket smells bad.
c. He thinks his siblings get better clothes.
d. He dislikes it intensely, but he can’t get away from it.
9
What does the narrator imply with the following comparison?
b. That he wants to attack the jacket
a. That he is jealous of the jacket
d. That he will soon come to like the jacket
c. That he is uncertain about the jacket
10
What is the purpose of the following simile?
c. To explain how much the narrator loves the jacket
d. Help the reader understand the narrator’s desire to fly
b. To illustrate the jacket is a bird
a. To show the reader how big the jacket's sleeves are