Literary Elements in "the Black Cat"
Authored by Laura Roycroft
English
9th - 12th Grade
CCSS covered
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What literary device is used in the following line:
“… have terrified — have tortured — have destroyed …”?
alliteration
anaphora
onomatopoeia
allusion
Tags
CCSS.RL.8.3
CCSS.RL.11-12.3
CCSS.RL.6.3
CCSS.RL.7.3
CCSS.RL.9-10.3
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What literary device is used in the following line:
“… more calm, more logical, …”?
alliteration
onomatopoeia
allusion
anaphora
Tags
CCSS.RL.8.3
CCSS.RL.11-12.3
CCSS.RL.6.3
CCSS.RL.7.3
CCSS.RL.9-10.3
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What literary device is used in the following line: “Pluto — this was the cat’s name —”? [Pluto is the Roman god of the Underworld, known as Hades in Greek mythology.]
allusion
onomatopoeia
metaphor
simile
Tags
CCSS.RL.8.3
CCSS.RL.11-12.3
CCSS.RL.6.3
CCSS.RL.7.3
CCSS.RL.9-10.3
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What literary device is used in the following line:
“… my pet and playmate.”?
onomatopoeia
alliteration
metaphor
simile
Tags
CCSS.RL.8.3
CCSS.RL.11-12.3
CCSS.RL.6.3
CCSS.RL.7.3
CCSS.RL.9-10.3
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What literary device is used in the following line:“… more moody, more irritable, more regardless …”?
anaphora
simile
metaphor
onomatopoeia
Tags
CCSS.RL.8.3
CCSS.RL.11-12.3
CCSS.RL.6.3
CCSS.RL.7.3
CCSS.RL.9-10.3
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What literary device is used in the following line: “I blush, I burn, I shudder …”?
onomatopoeia
metaphor
simile
alliteration
Tags
CCSS.RL.8.3
CCSS.RL.11-12.3
CCSS.RL.6.3
CCSS.RL.7.3
CCSS.RL.9-10.3
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What literary device is used in the following line: “… half of horror, half of remorse …”?
metaphor
alliteration
simile
personification
Tags
CCSS.RL.9-10.10
CCSS.RL.11-12.8
CCSS.RL.9-10.9
CCSS.RL.8.5
CCSS.RL.8.10
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