Literary Elements in "the Black Cat"

What literary device is used in the following line:

“… have terrified — have tortured — have destroyed …”?

• alliteration

• anaphora

• onomatopoeia

• allusion

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

What literary device is used in the following line:

“… more calm, more logical, …”?

• alliteration

• onomatopoeia

• allusion

• anaphora

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

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.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

What literary device is used in the following line:

“… my pet and playmate.”?

• onomatopoeia

• alliteration

• metaphor

• simile

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

What literary device is used in the following line:“… more moody, more irritable, more regardless …”?

• anaphora

• simile

• metaphor

• onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

What literary device is used in the following line: “I blush, I burn, I shudder …”?

• onomatopoeia

• metaphor

• simile

• alliteration

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

What literary device is used in the following line: “… half of horror, half of remorse …”?

• metaphor

• alliteration

• simile

• personification

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.8

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

What literary device is used in the following line:“… in the teeth of our best judgment …”?

• metaphor

• simile

• onomatopoeia

• allusion

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

What literary device is used in the following line: “to vex itself — to offer violence — to do wrong …”?

• allusion

• metaphor

• anaphora

• personification

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.8

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

What literary device is used in the following line: “… a deadly sin that would jeoparodise (sic) my immortal soul …”?

• anaphora

• simile

• allusion

• alliteration

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3