Literary Devices and Analysis Quiz

Which is a stanza with five lines?

• quartet

• quatrain

• quintessentials

• quintet

What is this an example of? "The steps from the hill lead down into Harlem, through a park, then I cross St. Nicholas, Eighth Avenue, Seventh, and I come to the Y, the Harlem Branch Y, where I take the elevator up to my room, sit down, and write this page" (Hughes).

• Personification

• Imagery

• Anaphora

• None of the above

Take a look at the capitalized letters in the following lines. What are those capitalized letters/sounds an example of? "Bessie, Bop, or Bach" (Hughes).

• assonance

• alliteration

• consonance

• anaphora

Take a look at the capitalize vowels in the following lines. What are those capitalized letters an example of? "... fEEl and sEE and hEAr, Harlem, I hEAr you./ hEAr you, hEAr mE—wE two—you, mE, talk on this page" (Hughes).

• assonance

• alliteration

• consonance

• anaphora

Take a look at the capitalized phrases in the following lines. What are those phrases an example of? "... feel and see and hear, Harlem, I HEAR YOU./ HEAR YOU, HEAR ME—we two—you, me, talk on this page" (Hughes).

• assonance

• alliteration

• consonance

• anaphora

Take a look at the capitalized letters in the following lines. What are those letters/sounds an example of? "eighTH avenue, sevenTH, and I come to THe y, the harlem branch y" (Hughes).

• consonance

• assonance

• anaphora

• alliteration

What literary device is present in this line: "And let that page come out of you—" (Hughes)?

• Personification

• Imagery

• anaphora

• none of the above

In the second stanza, the narrator describes his walk home from the college on the hill. What inference can we make about the narrator based on this description?

• The narrator enjoys his walk to and from school to unwind.

• The narrator has a long journey, but he does it because education is important to him.

• He is unsure on how to get to and from the school because he is living in a new place.

• That narrator hates his walk every day and it becomes tiresome.

Which word best describes his feelings towards Harlem?

• disappointment

• frustration

• oneness

• homesick

In the third stanza, the narrator lists everything he enjoys. What is his purpose in this list?

• to explain what makes him unique

• to show that he is not any different than anyone else of any other race

• to show that he is a well-rounded individual

• he is unsure of what to write so he is filling up space