Terms
An expression where a related thing stands for the thing itself.
metonymy
What exactly did stump the bluejays?
a hole in a roof that would not fill with acorns no matter how many were dropped in
What and where are the literal windows in "The Windows"?
stained glass windows in a church
What occurrence creates surprise at the very end of this story?
Rogers insists on going back himself to rescue his men.
What device does this quote use: "I saw the Spirit descending from heaven like a dove"?
simile
In the metaphor "life for me ain't been no crystal stair", what is the vehicle?
the staircase
What device is this: “They all came a-swooping down like a blue cloud"?
simile
In "A Bird Came Down the Walk", what does the bird eat and what does he let pass?
He eats an angleworm and he lets a beetle pass.
What war was happening during this story?
French and Indian War
What device does this quote use: “I am the voice of one crying in the wilderness”?
synecdoche
What kind of metaphor is used in both "Mother to Son" and "The Windows"?
extended metaphor
What device is used throughout the story primarily to create humor?
personification
What is the crux of the Glowworm's argument to the Nightingale?
"For 'twas the self-same Power Divine / Taught you to sing, and me to shine;"
What device does Roberts use to develop the dangers of nature?
personification
What kind of metaphor is used to describe Jesus as Lamb, Light and Word?
implied metaphor
What is often unstated in an implied metaphor?
tenor
What device is this: "I've shoveled acorns enough in there to keep the family 30 years"?
hyperbole
What technique does Hughes use in "Mother to Son" to connect the reader to or create sympathy for the speaker?
dialect
What is the term for how Roberts structures many of his sentences?
parallelism
What Old Testament story does Jesus allude to?
Jacob's dream at Bethel (Gen 28)
What term does "The Nightingale and the Glowworm" illustrate in an abbreviated form?
allegory
What term does this illustrate?
“Then he [the bluejay] says, ‘Well, you’re a long hole, and a deep hole, and a mighty singular hole altogether—"
apostrophe
What poem uses paradox to reveal spiritual truth through apparent contradictions?
"The Soul's Dark Cottage"
Why could the narrator not hold his gun steady while hunting?
weakness and hunger cramps
When John the Baptist says "he that comes after me is preferred before me, for he was before me", he uses what device?
paradox