Humor & Literary Devices Quiz

This is an example of what type of humor?

Interconnected nature of social categories such as race and gender, creating overlapping systems of discrimination

comparing two unlike things using "like" or "as"

When one remakes a serious artistic work in a way that pokes fun at the original or makes it not serious.

tops of trees that were all aquiver with new spring life.  The delicious breath of rain was in the air. - Kate  Chopin

You can’t open your new scissors because you don’t have any scissors to cut through the plastic. This is an example of:

So Eden sank to grief, So dawn goes down, Nothing gold can stay - Robert Frost

The following are examples of:

author's attitude toward subject matter or audience, conveyed through the choice of words, syntax and stylistic elements

Gatsby indicated a gorgeous, scarcely human orchid of a woman who sat in state...  - The Great Gatsby