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Unit 1 short stories and literary devices
Unit 1 short stories and literary devices
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"machine guns and rifles broke the silence of the night, spasmodically, like dogs barking on lone farms."
irony
symbolism
simile
metaphor
2
"Then when the slanted rays of the sun burned orange in the tops of the pines…"
Alliteration
Personification
Imagery
Simile
3
Author of "The Sniper"
Richard Connell
Liam O'Flaherty
James Hurst
Roald Dahl
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"---and I remember Doodle"
Flashback
Foreshadowing
Imagery
Metaphor
5
Setting of "The Sniper"
the middle of the Caribbean after World War I
Dublin in the 1920s
a farm in North Carolina during the early 1900s.
inside a home during the early 1950s
6
Patrick Maloney is a dynamic character.
True
False
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"They named him William Armstrong, which is like tying a big tail on a small kite."
Direct characterization
Simile
Metaphor
Imagery
8
"Aunt Nicey said if we produced anything less tremendous than the Resurrection, she was going to be disappointed."
Conflict
Symbolism
Allusion
Theme
9
Rainsford, crouching there, could not see the general, nor could he see the pit. He lived a year in a minute”
hyperbole
personification
climax
resolution
10
"he began to gibber to himself, cursing the war, cursing himself, cursing everybody."
simile
symbolism
point of view
repetition
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"his thick eyebrows were pointed and military mustache was as black as the night from which Rainsford had come"
simile
symbolism
setting
metaphor
12
Author of "The Scarlet Ibis"
James Hurst
Richard Connell
Liam O'Flaherty
Roald Dahl
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"Hope no longer hid in the dark palmetto thicket…"
Plot
Personification
Setting
Climax
14
Setting of "The Most Dangerous Game"
Dublin in the 1920
the middle of the Caribbean after World War I
inside a home during the early 1950s
a farm in North Carolina during the early 1900s.
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Author of "Lamb to the Slaughter"
James Hurst
Richard Connell
Liam O'Flaherty
Roald Dahl
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"Then the sniper turned over the dead body and looked into his ___'s face.”
brother
father
son
uncle
17
''The sensuous drowsiness of the night was on him.''
irony
hyperbole
simile
personification
18
"The doctor said that with his weak heart this strain would probably kill him."
Theme
Foreshadowing
Symbolism
Point of view
19
Mary Maloney is a dynamic character.
False
True
20
"Then he [Zaroff] switched on the light. A man, who had been hiding in the curtains of the bed, was standing there."
dramatic irony
theme
symbolism
setting
21
The weapon that Mary kills her husband Patrick with is _____
a gun
a kitchen knife
a large lamb chop
a rope
22
"the most welcome he had ever heard--the muttering and growling of the sea breaking on a rocky shore."
simile
personification
metaphor
hyperbole
23
Author of "The Most Dangerous Game"
Roald Dahl
James Hurst
Liam O'Flaherty
Richard Connell
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"his right arm was paining him like a thousand devils"
metaphor
simile
personification
imagery
25
when the cop says, "It [the murder weapon] is probably right under our noses"
situational irony
verbal irony
dramatic irony
symbolism
26
Rainsford is a round and dynamic character.
True
False
27
"we had both wandered too far into a net of expectations and left no crumbs behind."
Symbolism
Theme
Resolution
Allusion
28
"Dead birds is bad luck."
Point of view
Mood
Climax
Foreshadowing
29
Setting of "Lamb to the Slaughter"
inside a home during the early 1950s
the middle of the Caribbean after World War I
a farm in North Carolina during the early 1900s.
Dublin in the 1920
30
Setting of "The Scarlet Ibis"
Dublin in the 1920
inside a home during the early 1950s
a farm in North Carolina during the early 1900s.
the middle of the Caribbean after World War I
31
"Such a name sounds good only on a tombstone"
Flashback
Mood
Foreshadowing
Conflict
32
"but he wasn't idle. He talked so much that we all quit listening."
Direct characterization
Indirect characterization
Mood
Conflict
33
"and the grass beneath us was soft and the smell of the swamp was sweet"
Conflict
Irony
Imagery
Alliteration
34
The Scarlet Ibis
Irony
Point of view
Setting
Symbol
35
"He collapsed like a half-empty flour sack."
Metaphor
Simile
Mood
Dynamic
36
"streak of cruelty within me awakened"
Situational irony
Dramatic irony
Verbal irony
Personification
37
"he crawled backward, as if he were in reverse."
Alliteration
Metaphor
Imagery
Simile
38
Zaroff is a round and static character
False
True