In the “A Good Man is Hard to Find,” by Flannery O’ Connor, the Misfit is the __________ of the story.

What kind of poem is this? How do I love thee? Let me count the ways. I love thee to the depth and breadth and height My soul can reach, when feeling out of sight For the ends of being and ideal grace. I love thee to the level of every day's Most quiet need, by sun and candle-light. I love thee freely, as men strive for right. I love thee purely, as they turn from praise. I love thee with the passion put to use In my old griefs, and with my childhood's faith. I love thee with a love I seemed to lose With my lost saints. I love thee with the breath, Smiles, tears, of all my life; and, if God choose, I shall but love thee better after death. -by Elizabeth Barrett Browning

In “Cathedral” by Raymond Carver, the husband who tells the story is what kind of narrator?

In Robert Herrick’s “To the Virgins, to Make Much of Time,” he writes, Gather ye rose-buds while ye may, Old Time is still a-flying; And this same flower that smiles today, Tomorrow will be dying. The third line uses what poetic device?

What is the climax of A Doll’s House by Henrik Ibsen?

“Trifles by Susan Glaspell is a play depicting the critical process two women undergo as they investigate the murder of man whose wife is the main suspect.” This sentence is a:

Although a Nazi refers to a member of Adolf Hitler’s National Socialist German Workers’ Party during World War II Germany of the 1930s, it also refers to a person who takes absolute and overbearing control over a situation. The second part of this is:

In “Sonnet 130,” William Shakespeare writes, “My mistress’ eyes are nothing like the sun; / Coral is far more red than her lips red.” What poetic device does he use here?

In Romeo and Juliet, William Shakespeare writes a scene in which a lovestruck Romeo waits outside of Juliet’s balcony hoping to catch a glimpse of her. As Romeo waits, he says, But, soft! what light through yonder window breaks? It is the east, and Juliet is the sun. Arise, fair sun, and kill the envious moon, Who is already sick and pale with grief. What poetic device is at work here?

In the poem “Grass” by Carl Sandburg, what literary device is used in the following lines?: “Pile the bodies high at Austerlitz and Waterloo. /…And pile them high at Gettysburg / And pile them high at Ypres and Verdun.”

In “A Tell-Tale Heart,” the narrator says, “It grew louder—louder—louder! And still the men chatted pleasantly, and smiled. Was it possible they heard not? Almighty God!—no, no! They heard!—they suspected!—they knew!—they were making a mockery of my horror!—this I thought, and this I think.” What literary device is reflected in this passage?

In “Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been,” by Joyce Carol Oates, Arnold Friend, near the end of the story, tells Connie, “The place where you came from ain’t there any more, and where you had in mind to go is cancelled out. This place you are now – inside your daddy’s house – is nothing but a cardboard box I can knock down any time.” He threatens to her hurt her family if she does not come out of the house. This moment reflects what in the story?

In Gwendolyn Brooks’ “We Real Cool,” what poetic device is NOT used? We real cool. We Left school. We Lurk late. We Strike straight. We Sing sin. We Thin gin. We Jazz June. We Die soon.

Read the lines below and identify what poetic device is used: “The grave’s a fine and private place, But none, I think, do there embrace.” -Andrew Marvell, “To His Coy Mistress”

Dylan Thomas says, “Do not go gentle into that good night…Rage, rage against the dying of the light” (1-3). What literary device does Thomas use in these lines?

The play A Doll’s House by Henrik Ibsen falls in what category of drama?

In the poem “Not Waving but Drowning” by Stevie Smith, what is the primary poetic device used? Nobody heard him, the dead man, But still he lay moaning: I was much further out than you thought And not waving but drowning.

“The Story of an Hour” by Kate Chopin begins with, “Knowing that Mrs. Mallard was afflicted with a heart trouble, great care was taken to break to her as gently as possible the news of her husband’s death.” What literary technique is used here?

In Trifles, one of the characters, Mrs. Hale, describes the murder suspect, Minnie Wright, in the following way: “she was kind of like a bird herself – real sweet and pretty, but kind of timid and – fluttery.” In this, the frequent reference to birds reflects what?

Trifles by Susan Glaspell, begins with the lines: The kitchen in the now abandoned farmhouse of John Wright, a gloomy kitchen, and left without having been put in order—unwashed pans under the sink, a loaf of bread outside the breadbox, a dish towel on the table—other signs of uncompleted work. At the rear the outer door opens and the Sheriff comes in followed by the Country Attorney and Hale… (634). What is established in this passage?

In “The Story of an Hour” by Kate Chopin, after hearing of her husband’s supposed death, we are told that “there was something coming to [Mrs. Mallard] and she was waiting for it, fearfully. She did not know; it was too subtle and elusive to name...When she abandoned herself a little whispered word escaped her slightly parted lips. She said it over and over under her breath: “free, free, free!” What literary device is represented in this passage:

In “Annabel Lee,” Poe says, “That the wind came out of the cloud by night, / Chilling and killing my Annabel Lee” (25-26). What poetic device is used in these lines:

In “To His Coy Mistress,” Andrew Marvell writes, “An hundred years should go to praise / Thine eyes, and on thy forehead gaze; /Two hundred to adore each breast, /But thirty thousand to the rest;” (13-16). What poetic device is established in these lines?

As Calixta and Alcèe give in to their passion in “The Storm” by Kate Chopin, Alcèe asks Calixta, “Do you remember—in Assumption, Calixta?” The narrator goes on to tell us that “in Assumption he had kissed her and kissed her and kissed her; until his senses would well nigh fail” (107). What literary device does this narration employ?

After Louise Mallard discovers that her husband had died, her loved ones worry that her heart will go out; however, it is when she finds out that he is actually alive that she dies of, what we can only assume is, a heart attack. The last line of the story reads, “When the doctors came they said she had died of heart disease—of a joy that kills” (181). What literary device is established in this last line?

A symbolic story that runs parallel to a narrative

Attitude or mood of a work

A character’s sudden realization/enlightenment in a story

A speech given by a character who is alone and conveys his/her thoughts on stage

The time and place of a story

A narrative technique that hints at future events to come

A literary device that shows a discrepancy in meaning

The main idea of a literary work

The author’s use of language in a literary work

Restating a passage in one’s own words