7th Lit Test 2

The words deer and clear in "Swift Things Are Beautiful'' are examples of ...

This quote describing the plane in Hatchet uses what literary device? “A persistent whine, like the insects only more steady with an edge of a roar to it.”

What themes are present in the Hatchet?

• Transformation

• Self-reliance

• Providence

• Isolation

Which character from Hatchet is the focus of Brian’s man vs. man conflict?

The following quotation from Hatchet best exemplifies which literary device? "Oh, yes, all as he ran in the sun, his legs liquid springs."

In “The Life and Death of a Western Gladiator,” the expressions "castanet,'' "rolled top of a stocking around the neck,'' "fine old machine,'' and "thick . . . as a motorcycle tire'' are all:

• Descriptions of the rattlesnake

• Figurative language

• Understatement

• Simile

Animals were used in fables to:

• Teach truth about human nature and life

• Keep the reader from taking the fable seriously

• Entertain the reader

• Teach the reader about animals

The poem "Wild Blackberries'' can be classified as free verse because

• No logical sequence of progression

• Many visual images

• The words are precise

• No rhyme scheme or definite meter

What is a brief poem or story that presents a moral?

Rhyming words at the end of lines of poetry are examples of: