The Boy in Striped Pajamas Literary Devices

Some months earlier, just after Father received the new uniform which meant that everyone had to call him 'Commandant' and just before he came home to find Maria packing up his things, Father came home one evening in a state of great excitement... (Boyne 63). Which literary device is described here?

• Flashback

• Onomatopoeia

• Repetition

• Metaphor

I like your name too. It sounds like someone who's rubbing their arms to keep warm (Boyne 59). Which literary device is BEST described here?

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Repetition

• Simile

Which literary device is used when Bruno describes the concentration camp as 'Out-With'?

• A) Metaphor

• B) Irony

• C) Symbolism

• D) Alliteration

What literary device is employed when the author describes the fence as a 'barrier' between Bruno and Shmuel?

• A) Metaphor

• B) Simile

• C) Personification

• D) Hyperbole

In 'The Boy in the Striped Pajamas', which literary device is used when Bruno misunderstands the word 'Führer' as 'Fury'?

• A) Pun

• B) Irony

• C) Allusion

• D) Foreshadowing

Which literary device is evident when Bruno's innocence is contrasted with the harsh realities of the concentration camp?

• A) Juxtaposition

• B) Hyperbole

• C) Alliteration

• D) Onomatopoeia

What literary device is used when Bruno refers to Auschwitz as 'Out-With'?

• A) Irony

• B) Metaphor

• C) Symbolism

• D) Pun

Which literary device is used in the phrase 'the rain poured down in buckets'?

• A) Simile

• B) Metaphor

• C) Hyperbole

• D) Personification

What literary device is used when Bruno's father is described as having 'a voice that could command a room'?

• A) Metaphor

• B) Simile

• C) Personification

• D) Hyperbole

Which literary device is used when Bruno's mother says, 'We don't have the luxury of thinking'?

• A) Irony

• B) Metaphor

• C) Simile

• D) Alliteration