Unit 1 - Courage and Survival

What are comparisons used in speech or writing that utilize the words 'like' or 'as.’?

• Personification

• Foreshadowing

• Simile

• Metaphor

“'It was like trying to see through a blanket.” Is an example of which literary device?

• Personification

• Foreshadowing

• Simile

• Metaphor

“He was a tall man past middle age, for his hair was a vivid white; but his thick eyebrows and pointed military mustache were as black as the night from which Rainsford had come.” Is an example of which literary device?

• Personification

• Foreshadowing

• Simile

• Metaphor

“The general's smile is described as animal-like with 'red lips and pointed teeth.” Is an example of which literary device?

• Personification

• Foreshadowing

• Simile

• Metaphor

'The Cossack was the cat; he was the mouse.” Is an example of which literary device?

• Personification

• Foreshadowing

• Similie

• Metaphor

Which device enables an author to use figurative language to describe something that is inanimate, or not human, with characteristics typically attributed to human beings?

• Personification

• Foreshadowing

• Simile

• Metaphor

''The sea licked greedy lips in the shadows,’’ Is an example of which literary device?

• Personification

• Foreshadowing

• Simile

• Metaphor

''The muttering and growling of the sea breaking on a rocky shore.'' Is an example of which literary device?

• Personification

• Foreshadowing

• Simile

• Metaphor

What device is being used when an author gives us hints or clues as to what may occur later in a story?

• Personification

• Foreshadowing

• Simile

• Metaphor

Whitney tells Rainsford that they are close to a place called 'Ship-Trap Island.' This is an example of which literary device?

• Personification

• Foreshadowing

• Simile

• Metaphor