Gettysburg Address
What happened “four score and seven years ago”?
Declaration of Independence
What is the type of irony as at the end of "Story of an Hour"?
When the doctors came they said she had died of heart disease--of the joy that kills.
Dramatic
lovely, dark and deep
The title comes from a monologue from...
Macbeth
What does Frost mean by the line “Her hardest hue to hold?
time flies
What rhetorical device is this?
"we can not dedicate -- we can not consecrate -- we can not hallow"
Anaphora
What type of conflict is dominate throughout "The Yellow Wallpaper"?
person vs self
person vs society
How does the poem’s rhyme scheme develop its tone
The poem follows an AABA BBCB CCDC DDDD end rhyme scheme; this flowing, alternating scheme contributes to the soft, almost lullaby-like quality of tone
The feelings of the family after the boy’s death reveal
Why do you think Robert Frost references the Garden of Eden in this poem?
symbolizing the loss of innocence
What rhetorical device is this?
"The brave men, living and dead"
paradox or antithesis
How do the speaker and the neighbor respond to the necessity of the wall?
disagree over whether the wall is really needed.
What sound device is being used:
The only other sound’s the sweep
assonance
When Frost said the boy ‘saw all’ he knew
What does the color “gold” most likely represent in the poem?
What rhetorical device is being used?
"government of the people, by the people, for the people"
epistrophe
How does the speaker respond to his neighbor’s saying?
He questions the logic of the wall and meaning behind it
What sound device is being used:
To stop without a farmhouse near
consonance
Which best describes the tone of the poem
indifference, matter-of-fact
What is a theme of the text
youth and beautiful moments in life are brief
What rhetorical device is being used?
"world will little note, nor long remember"
juxtaposition
What the central theme of this poem?
What figurative language is here:
My little horse must think it queer
personification
What is the literary device being used:
Sweet-scented stuff when the breeze drew across it
alliteration or imagery
What device is being used:
So Eden sank to grief
allusion