Literary Devices in "The Scarlet Ibis"

"...summer was dead but autumn had not yet been born" is an example of which literary device?

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

• allusion

The "bleeding tree", "rotting brown magnolia petals", "empty cradle", "graveyard flowers", and "names of our dead" are all examples of which literary device?

• tone

• mood

• allusion

• allegory

"...the oriole nest in the elm was untenanted and rocked back and forth like an empty cradle" is an example of which literary device?

• metaphor

• simile

• hyperbole

• idiom

"It's strange that all this is still so clear to me..." is an example of what kind of narrator?

• 3rd Person

• 2nd Person

• 1st Person

When the narrator says of himself, "...summer has long since fled and time has had its way," he is talking about

• his age and brother

• his age and physical charcteristics

• the current season and his looks

• the season and how things have rotted away

"...as I sit in the cool, green-draped parlor...I remember Doodle." When the narrator says this it is an example of which literary device?

• foreshadowing

• allusion

• connotation

• flashback

"He seemed all head, with a tiny body which was red and shriveled like an old man's." This is an example of which literary device?

• simile

• metaphor

• assonance

• alliteration

"They named him William Armstrong, which was like tying a big tail on a small kite." This is an example of which literary device?

• allegory

• metaphor

• simile

• irony

The "...curtains billowed out in the afternoon sea breeze, rustling like palmetto fronds," is an example of which literary device?

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

• onomatopoeia

He'd "...finally collapse back onto the bed like an old worn-out doll," is an example of which literary device?

• paradox

• symbolism

• metaphor

• simile