Literary Elements in Joyas Voladoras by Brian Doyle

Literary Elements and Rhetorical Devices in Joyas Voladoras by Brian Doyle

Multiple Choice

Which term refers to an author's choice of words?

• Diction

• Tone

Multiple Choice

“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness…”

-Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens

This is an example of...

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Anaphora

Multiple Choice

A simile...

• compares two unlike things without using "Like" or "as"

• compares two unlike things using "like" or "as"

• the repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of a clause

Multiple Choice

"He's a walking encyclopedia!" is an example of...

• Diction

• Tone

• Metaphor

• Simile

Multiple Choice

"He is brave and honest and good and decent" is an example of..

• Polysyndeton

• Euphemism

• Asyndeton

Multiple Choice

"I am letting you go" is an example of..

• Euphemism

• Sarcasm

• Metaphor

Multiple Choice

Which is an example of Asyndeton?

• "I ran and swam and jumped and danced."

• "Her smile is like the sunshine that lights up a room."

• "They dove, splashed, floated, swam, laughed."

Multiple Choice

Symbolism is...

• when someone or something represents something else.

• the life lesson the story teaches the readers.

• a story in which events, objects, or characters have a hidden or symbolic meaning.

Multiple Choice

A rhetorical term for dwelling on a point by repeating it several times in different words is...

• Ethos

• Pathos

• Logos

• Commoratio

Multiple Choice

The placement of a person, place, or idea parallel to another in order to highlight the contrast between the two and to compare them is...

• Juxtaposition

• Allegory

• Theme

• Logos