A Lesson Before Dying Literary Devices Chapters 7-12

Question 1

"You have an excellent crop of students." Saying the students are a "crop" is an example of

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metaphor

Question 2

"Hitler had his reasons, even the KKK of the south for what they do" contains an example of

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allusion

Question 3

"All this running around 'nough to give a man a heart attack" is an example of

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hyperbole

Question 4

"I didn't like him, but I needed him, to tell me something no one else could" is an example of

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irony

Question 5

"His hands were the color and texture of the legs of a snapping turtle" is an example of

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imagery

Question 6

"I'm an old hog they fattening up to kill." Jefferson calling himself a hog is an example of

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metaphor

Question 7

"Plege legen toda flag. Ninety state. 'Merica." is an example of

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dialect

Question 8

"Miss Emma's dying. But you can go with me" contains an example of

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hyperbole

Question 9

"One more word and you'll spend the rest of the day standing on one leg" is an example of

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literal language

Question 10

"All three stood talking baseball. Jackie Robinson" contains an example of

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allusion

Questions 10