Prose & Poetry
Excerpt: “The creatures outside looked from pig to man, and from man to pig, and from pig to man again; but already it was impossible to say which was which. All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others.” (Note: From Animal Farm, used for literary analysis purposes only)
Question: What literary device is most prominent in this excerpt?
A. Hyperbole
B. Metaphor
C. Irony
D. Simile
C. Irony
“I met a traveller from an antique land, / Who said—"Two vast and trunkless legs of stone / Stand in the desert... Near them, on the sand, / Half sunk a shattered visage lies, whose frown, / And wrinkled lip, and sneer of cold command...” ("Ozymandias" by Percy Bysshe Shelley)
What is the tone of the speaker in the poem?
A. Hopeful
B. Reverent
C. Mocking
D. Reflective
D. Reflective