Exploring Literary Devices in Swift

What literary device is used in the repeated phrase/word "Of..." in "A Modest Proposal"?

• Alliteration

• Anaphora

• Metaphor

• Simile

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CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.11-12.8

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

Which literary device is demonstrated by the anecdote about beggars in the streets?

• Hyperbole

• Anecdote

• Irony

• Allusion

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

The mention of "the Pretender in Spain" is an example of which literary device?

• Metaphor

• Allusion

• Irony

• Anaphora

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

What is the literary device used when conjunctions are omitted in a list, as seen in "advancing our trade, providing for infants, relieving the poor, and giving some pleasure to the rich"?

• Asyndeton

• Polysyndeton

• Anaphora

• Hyperbole

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Which literary device is used in the statement about a child making "two dishes at an entertainment for friends"?

• Pathos

• Dark Humor

• Ethos

• Logos

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CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

How does the author establish ethos in "A Modest Proposal"?

• By using statistical data

• By presenting a common observable scene

• By making a personal confession

• By quoting famous philosophers

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CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

Which literary device is used to hint at future suggestions in the essay?

• Foreshadowing

• Irony

• Hyperbole

• Metaphor

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

The statement about a child being "a most delicious nourishing and wholesome food" is an example of which literary device?

• Simile

• Hyperbole

• Irony

• Metaphor

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CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RI.11-12.10

CCSS.RI.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.11-12.10

What literary device is used to create vivid descriptions involving the five senses?

• Imagery

• Allusion

• Anaphora

• Irony

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Which literary device is used when the author says, "they are every day dying, and rotting, by cold and famine"?

• Hyperbole

• Irony

• Metaphor

• Anaphora

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3