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Literary Devices Trivia
Identifying Literary Devices
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Potpourri 1
Potpourri 2
100
TRUE OR FALSE: love is a symbol

False

100

Name this device: "The sun smiles down on us"

Personification

100

Where does Irene meet Clare in the first scene of Passing?

Hotel/cafe/restaurant

100

Which FRQ requires a UNIVERSAL central idea?

FRQ #3 (chosen work)

100

Do you need to use textual evidence on FRQs #1 and #2?

Yes
200

What pronoun is used in 2nd person point of view?

You

200

Name this device: "The field may flourish, and gay scenes arise / The frozen fields may break their iron bands / And bid their waters mumur o'er the sands" (Wheatley 23-25)

Imagery

200

In The Handmaid's Tale, what character becomes a prostitute after trying to escape her life as a handmaid?

Moira

200

How many literary devices should you identify for FRQs #1 and #2?

At least 2

200

What kind of books CANNOT be used on FRQ #3?

Nonfiction

300

What literary device refers to the arrangement or order of words?

Syntax

300

Name this device: "I love thee freely, as men strive for right" (Barrett Browning)

Simile

300

In The Crucible, Giles Corey is the only executed person NOT killed by hanging. How is he killed?

Stoning/pressing

300

Of the four texts we read, only one is not a novel. Which one is it and why?

The Crucible -- it's a play!

300

Where does the period go when you are integrating and citing textual evidence?

After the parentheses/citation

400

What is the implied meaning of a word or the associations we make with that word?

Connotation

400

Name this device: The only constant is change.

Paradox

400

What is the name of The Bluest Eye character who is mixed-race, new in school, and wealthy?

Maureen Peal

400

If I notice the tone/mood of a poem changes or the perspective switches, what S have I identified?

Shift

400

On sonnet day, we briefly mentioned the 2 most common topics of sonnets. Name one.

Nature or love.

500

Alliteration refers to the repetition of a letter or sound. Sibilance specifically refers to the repetition of which letter/sound?

S (hissss)

500
Name that literary device: The Titanic was often called "The Unsinkable Ship" in the news and media, but it ended up sinking on its first voyage. 

Irony

500

The name of the "club" in The Handmaid's Tale is Jezebel's? This is a reference to the bible, also known as a...

Biblical Allusion

500

What is the name of a poem that addresses an object?

Apostrophe

500

If a metaphor goes on for more than one comparison, it's called an extended metaphor. If a simile does this, it is called an...

Epic Simile