Senior Final Fall 2024

Determine the literary device employed in the following line: "The world is a stage, and we are merely players."

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Personification

• Hyperbole

Analyze the metaphor in Robert Frost's "The Road Not Taken": "Two roads diverged in a wood, and I— / I took the one less traveled by."

• The speaker regrets their decision

• The speaker values individuality and non-conformity

• The speaker is lost and confused

• The speaker is indifferent to their choice

Identify the two literary devices employed in the following passage:

"Memories of boyhood days, an old K.C. Baking Powder can, and two little red hounds. Memories of a wonderful love, unselfish devotion, and death in its saddest form" (Rawls 5).

• Hyperbole and metaphor

• Foreshadowing and Hyperbole

• Metaphor and Hyperbole

• Foreshadowing and Flashback

How is allusion best defined?

• a reference to a famous person, place, or event

• words that involve one of the five senses

• two lines working as a unit

• a form or wordplay with similar sounding sounds

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

What is the function of this allusion?

• A. to establish meaningful connections between texts

• B. both A and D

• C. to provide deeper insight into the character

• D. to engage the reader in an inside joke

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5

CCSS.RL.11-12.1

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.6

• verbal irony

• situational irony

• not ironic

Tags

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.7

What is the central theme of the epic poem "Beowulf"?

• The inevitability of fate

• The importance of wealth and treasure

• The struggle between good and evil

• The power of love and friendship

In the epic poem "Beowulf," which character is renowned for their exceptional strength and valor?

• Grendel

• Beowulf

• Hrothgar

• Unferth

What is the symbolic significance of Heorot, the mead hall, in the epic poem "Beowulf"?

• It represents the isolation of the warriors

• It is a symbol of betrayal and deceit

• It symbolizes the king's power and generosity

• It is a place of mourning and loss

According to Joseph Campbell, what constitutes the initial phase of the hero's journey?

• The Road of Trials

• The Call to Adventure

• The Return

• The Ultimate Boon