Authorial Choices Review

Authorial choices are also known as...

• literary devices

• literary techniques

• all of the above

"When the canary keeled over, the coal miners left the cave" is an example of...

• assonance

• alliteration

• anaphora

• allusion

"Clap your hands, and stamp your feet" is an example of...

• alliteration

• anaphora

• assonance

• allusion

"Why are you always such a Scrooge? It doesn't cost much, and it'll be fun!" is an example of...

• alliteration

• allusion

• symbol

• theme

"Chaos is a friend of mine."

Bob Dylan

This Bob Dylan quote is an example of...

• simile

• epinome

• metaphor

• symbol

“O my love's like a red, red rose, that's newly sprung in June; O my love's like the melody, that's sweetly played in tune.”

— Robert Burns

These lines are an example of...

• simile

• metaphor

• symbol

• epinome

In the Harry Potter series of books, Harry’s lightning bolt-shaped scar represents the attempt on his life by Lord Voldemort and the love that saved him.

Harry's scar is an example of a...

• metaphor

• epinome

• simile

• symbol

The defintion of “sick” is ill. In a sentence, the applied definition would sound like “the patient is sick.”

This is an example of...

• juxtaposition

• syntax

• denotation

• connotation

In some contexts, “sick” is something that’s impressive or exciting. In a sentence, that might sound like “that was a sick kickflip.”

This is an example of...

• denotation

• connotation

• stanza

• syntax

The poem "Your Best" has two of these...

• stanzas

• similes

• metaphors

• juxtapositions