Literary Devices
The literary device present in the following quotation:
"But a thin train of dust was left in the air, moving like smoke" (Wa Thiong'o 1).
What is a simile?
"But a thin train of dust was left in the air, moving like smoke" (Wa Thiong'o 1).
The story from which the following appears:
Pyrrha and Deucalion as the last survivors
What is the Greek flood?
The name that Andrew says right before he dies.
What is Little Miss?
"IS THERE NO END TO THIS GRIEF?!"
Who is Gilgamesh?
The last thing that exited the box Pandora opened.
What is hope?
The literary device present in the following quotation:
"'When I bring clouds over the earth and the bow is seen in the clouds, I will remember my covenant" (Book of Genesis).
What is a symbol?
"'When I bring clouds over the earth and the bow is seen in the clouds, I will remember my covenant" (Book of Genesis).
The story from which the following appears:
A dove is sent from one of the ark's windows to see if the rains have receded yet.
What is the Biblical flood?
The item that Kamau sends down the stream when he accepts his new reality.
What is his bundle of belongings?
*Looks at the moon*
"AWOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!"
The reason that Zeus sends the flood.
What is Lycaon killing an innocent hostage and trying to serve his body to Zeus as a dinner?
The literary device present in the following quotation:
"I heard the sound of a thunder, it roared out a warnin'" (Dylan 155).
What is personification?
"I heard the sound of a thunder, it roared out a warnin'" (Dylan 155).
The story from which the following appears:
A man kills and cooks a hostage to serve as a meal.
What is the Greek flood?
The item that John Redding breaks and throws into the stream both when he is a child and later as an adult.
What is twigs/bamboo?
"It's me, hi, I'm one of the gods who caused all of this devastation and now I cannot stop crying, it's me."
Who is Ishtar?
The element wrong with the following theme statement for "The Return":
You can't expect things to stay the same when you've been gone for an extended period of time.
What is the use of second person?
You can't expect things to stay the same when you've been gone for an extended period of time.
The literary device present in the following concept:
In "Unanswerable Questions," the gods order the destruction of mankind, but then are upset with themselves for doing so.
What is situational irony?
The story from which the following appears:
A man wanders the desert alone, with his grief consuming him.
What is the Babylonian flood?
What is the Cuban Missile Crisis?
"Thank GODS Epimetheus isn't my dad, otherwise me and my wife would've been doomed in this flood."
Who is Deucalion?
The paradox that Andrew encounters when the two men command him to do things.
What is the laws of robotics vs. Andrew's status as free?
The literary device present in the following quotation:
"But these twigs, which John called his ships, did not always sail away. Sometimes they would be swept in among the weeds growing in the shallow water, and be held there" (Hurston 1).
What is foreshadowing?
"But these twigs, which John called his ships, did not always sail away. Sometimes they would be swept in among the weeds growing in the shallow water, and be held there" (Hurston 1).
The story from which the following appears:
The ark is a cube-shaped ship, seven stories tall, which 9 rooms on each level.
What is the Babylonian flood?
The historical event Bob Dylan is referring to when he says, "I saw guns and sharp swords in the hands of young children" (Dylan 154).
What is the Vietnam War?
"200 years is too long to live, man."
Who is Andrew?
The difference between tone and mood.
What is the tone is the author's attitude toward their subject, and mood is created by the description of the setting?