Lit final questions

“What happens to a dream deferred? / Does it dry up / like a raisin

in the sun?” – Langston Hughes

Simile (2)

“Because I could not stop for Death – / He kindly stopped for me

–” – Dickinson

Personification (3)

“Hope is the thing with feathers – / That perches in the soul –” –

Emily Dickinson

Metaphor (4)

“That’s the best thing a girl can be in this world, a beautiful little fool.”

– The Great Gatsby

What best describes the tone of Daisy Buchanan’s statement?

Abstract (5)

“Big Brother is watching you.” – 1984 *

Symbolism (6)

“You never really understand a person until you consider things

from his point of view… until you climb into his skin and walk

around in it.” – To Kill a Mockingbird

Metaphor (7)

In Macbeth, the witches repeatedly chant, “Fair is foul, and foul is fair.”

What literary device is this?

Paradox (8)

In The Great Gatsby, Fitzgerald describes Gatsby’s smile: “It was

one of those rare smiles with a quality of eternal reassurance in

it...”

This is an example of:

Connotation (9)

In To Kill a Mockingbird, Atticus tells the jury: “But there is one way

in this country in which all men are created equal—there is one

human institution that makes a pauper the equal of a Rockefeller…”

What rhetorical appeal is primarily being used?

Ethos (10)

“And miles to go before I sleep, / And miles to go before I sleep.”

Robert Frost, “Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening”

Which technique is used in this repetition?

Enjambment (11)

In Catch-22, the situation where soldiers must be declared insane

to avoid combat, but asking not to go proves their sanity, is an

example of a _____ situation.

Situational irony (12)

In Oedipus Rex, the audience knows Oedipus’s true parentage

long before he does. What is this an example of?

Dramatic irony (13)

In The Importance of Being Earnest, Wilde exaggerates characters’

concerns about trivial matters to mock Victorian society.

This is an example of:

Satire (14)

In Hamlet, an example of a(n) _____ begins with the line “To be, or

not to be: that is the question"

Soliloquy (15)

In To Kill a Mockingbird, Mayella’s carefully rehearsed courtroom

testimony slowly unravels, revealing truths to the audience that

the characters ignore.

This is an example of:

Dramatic irony (16)

In The Catcher in the Rye, Holden says, “It killed me,” to describe

being emotionally moved.

This is an example of:

Colloquial (17)

In Oedipus Rex, Oedipus’s downfall results from his determination

to discover the truth about his origins, despite numerous

warnings.

This is an example of:

Tragic hero (18)

In The Scarlet Letter, the scaffold scenes at the beginning, middle,

and end of the novel mirror each other.

What device is being used?

Parallelism (19)

In Macbeth, “Life’s but a walking shadow, a poor player / That

struts and frets his hour upon the stage...”

This is an example of:

Metaphor (20)

In The Awakening, the recurring image of birds, especially the

caged parrot, connecting to Edna’s existence is an example of:

Symbolism (21)

Hamlet speaks aloud while alone on stage, revealing inner

thoughts.

This is called:

Soliloquy (22)

“Some rise by sin, and some by virtue fall” — Shakespeare

This line demonstrates:

Antithesis (23)

In The Importance of Being Earnest, Lady Bracknell is portrayed as

ridiculous through exaggeration of her traits.

What is this technique?

Satire (24)

In Fahrenheit 451, Montag remembers an earlier time when he

met Clarisse and felt curious and alive.

This memory is an example of:

Symbolism (25)

In The Great Gatsby, “He smiled understandingly — much more

than understandingly...” emphasizes mood through choice of

words.

This is an example of:

Diction (26)

“Out, Out—” by Robert Frost:

“As he swung toward them holding up the hand / Half in appeal, but

half as if to keep / The life from spilling.”

Which literary device is used in the phrase “to keep / The life from

spilling”?

Personification (27)

“O Captain! my Captain! our fearful trip is done...” — Walt

Whitman

The speaker addresses the "Captain," who is not present. This is

an example of:

Apostrophe (33)

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee:

“Mockingbirds don’t do one thing but make music for us to enjoy.

They don’t eat up people’s gardens… That’s why it’s a sin to kill a

mockingbird.”

The mockingbird is an example of what literary element?

Symbolism (34)

In The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald, Nick makes this

observation about Gatsby:

“...his dream must have seemed so close that he could hardly fail to

grasp it. He did not know that it was already behind him...”

dramaticirony

This moment is an example of:

Situational irony (35)

Macbeth by William Shakespeare:

“Come, thick night, / And pall thee in the dunnest smoke of hell…”

diction

Which literary device is used here?

Diction (36)

1984 by George Orwell:

“War is peace. Freedom is slavery. Ignorance is strength.”

This is an example of:

Paradox (37)

In Macbeth by William Shakespeare, Lady Macbeth laments:

“Will all great Neptune’s ocean wash this blood / Clean from my

hand?”

What literary device is present here?

Symbolism (38)

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee:

“But I never figured out how Atticus knew I was listening, and it was

not until many years later that I realized he wanted me to hear every

word he said.”

This narrative reflection is an example of:

Dramatic irony (39)

1984 by George Orwell:

“It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking

thirteen.”

What literary technique is used in this opening line?

Diction (40)

Frankenstein by Mary Shelley:

“I will pioneer a new way, explore unknown powers, and unfold to

the world the deepest mysteries of creation.”

This ambitious declaration reveals Victor's

Ethos (41)

Macbeth by William Shakespeare:

“Look like the innocent flower, / But be the serpent under’t.”

Which technique is used in this advice from Lady Macbeth?

Metaphor (42)

1984 by George Orwell:

“The hallway smelt of boiled cabbage and old rag mats.”

What literary technique is most evident in this line?

Imagery (43)

The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald:

“Gatsby believed in the green light, the orgastic future that year by

year recedes before us.”

The green light functions as a:

Symbolism (44)

The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger:

“He’s so good, he’s the best. You’d like him.”

This repetitive sentence structure is an example of:

Repetition (45)

Frankenstein by Mary Shelley:

“I ought to be thy Adam, but I am rather the fallen angel…”

This is an example of which device?

Allusion (46)

“The Raven” by Edgar Allan Poe:

“Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary...”

What device is being used in this line?

Alliteration (47)

“Ozymandias” by Percy Bysshe Shelley:

archetype

“Look on my Works, ye Mighty, and despair!”

If the audience knows that the "Works" are in ruins, what is the

dominant literary device here?

Situational irony (48)

“My Last Duchess” by Robert Browning:

“That’s my last Duchess painted on the wall, / Looking as if she

were alive.”

The speaker gives an explanation of a painting to the emissary of

a Count. This poem is a(n):

Dramatic irony (49)

Recurring characters (such as witches as ugly crones who

cannibalize children, lame blacksmiths of preternatural skill,

womanizing Don Juans, the hunted man, the femme fatale, the

personification

snob, the social climber, the wise old man as mentor or teacher,

star-crossed lovers; the caring mother-figure, the helpless little

old lady, the stern father-figure, the guilt-ridden figure searching

for redemption, the braggart, the young star-crossed lovers, the

bully, the villain in black, the oracle or prophet, the mad scientist,

the underdog who emerges victorious, the mourning widow or

women in lamentation) are examples of a(n) . . . .

Archetype (50)

“To His Coy Mistress” by Andrew Marvell:

“Had we but world enough, and time, / This coyness, lady, were no

crime.”

The speaker is using deductive reasoning to appeal to:

Logos (51)

“Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening” by Robert Frost:

“And miles to go before I sleep, / And miles to go before I sleep.”

What literary device is used here?

Repetition (52)

“I Hear America Singing” by Walt Whitman:

“I hear America singing, the varied carols I hear…”

What is the dominant literary device in this line?

Personification (53)

“London” by William Blake:

“And mark in every face I meet / Marks of weakness, marks of

woe.”

What literary technique dominates these lines?

Repetition (54)

“Kubla Khan” by Samuel Taylor Coleridge:

“A savage place! as holy and enchanted / As e’er beneath a

waning moon was haunted…”

This line is rich with:

Oxymoron (55)

“The Bells” by Edgar Allan Poe:

“To the tintinnabulation that so musically wells / From the bells,

bells, bells, bells…”

What literary sound device dominates these lines?

Repetition (56)

“A Rose for Emily” by William Faulkner:

“Alive, Miss Emily had been a tradition, a duty, and a care; a sort of

hereditary obligation upon the town.”

This describes Miss Emily using:

Abstract (57)

“A Rose for Emily” by William Faulkner:

“After her father's death, she went out very little; after her

sweetheart went away, people hardly saw her at all.”

This statement is an example of:

Diction (58)

“Cathedral” by Raymond Carver:

“I wasn’t enthusiastic about the idea of spending the night with

Robert.”

The narrator's attitude toward Robert best reflects:

Diction (59)

“Cathedral” by Raymond Carver:

"Her head lay across the back of the sofa, her mouth open. She’d

turned so that the robe had slipped away from her legs, exposing a

juicy thigh."

The image is an example of:

Concrete (60)

“The Tyger” by William Blake:

consonance

“Tyger Tyger, burning bright, / In the forests of the night…”

Which sound device is emphasized in “burning bright”?

Alliteration (61)

“Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening” by Robert Frost:

metaphor

“He gives his harness bells a shake / To ask if there is some

mistake.”

Which sound device appears in “shake” and “mistake”?

Assonance (62)

“The Waste Land” by T.S. Eliot:

“Cracks and reforms and bursts in the violet air…”

Which device contributes to the jarring tone?

Cacophony (63)

“The Bells” by Edgar Allan Poe:

“How they tinkle, tinkle, tinkle, / In the icy air of night!”

Which sound device is being used to mimic the sound of bells?

Alliteration (64)

“The Raven” by Edgar Allan Poe:

“And the silken sad uncertain rustling of each purple curtain…”

Which sound device is most prominent?

Consonance (65)

Anne Bradstreet's "The Author to Her Book" contains a(n) _______

that compares a book to a child.

Metaphor (66)

A(n) ________ in the story of Genesis is the serpent. He convinces

Eve to disobey God, setting off a chain of events that leads to

Adam and Eve being banished from paradise.

Symbolism (67)

In Animal Farm, the character Napoleon represents Joseph Stalin,

while the overall events mirror the Russian Revolution and rise of

Soviet totalitarianism.

This makes the novel a clear example of which literary technique?

Allegory (68)