WorksheetsBy The Waters of Babylon Literary Elements Quiz
Total questions: 12
Worksheet time: 9mins
The narrator says, “my knowledge and my lack of knowledge burned in me..." This is an example of
Allegory
Personification
Idiom
“Then I raised my eyes and looked south. It was there, the Place of the Gods.” Which literary device is being used here?
Personification
Setting
Metaphor
What were the 3 symbols that the narrator saw?
The lady, the tiger, and the palace
The eagle, the white fawn, and the black panther
Place of the Gods, Ashing, UBTREA
“I tried to think of my knowledge but it was a squirrel’s heap of winter nuts.” This is a...
Metaphor
Personification
Allegory
“I am a priest and the son of a priest!" is an example of..
Point of View
Allusion
Idiom
He sees among the ruins letters carved into broken stone: UBTREAS. There is also “a shattered image of a man or a god . . . who wore his hair tied back like a woman's." On a cracked stone he reads the god's name: ASHING. John prays to ASHING, although he never heard of that god.
Idiom
Allegory
Imagery
"I prayed and purified myself, waiting for a sign. The sign was an eagle. " What is this an example of?
Irony
Symbolism
Polysyndenton
“It is simply a great Dead Place. There are old, cracked god-roads and ruins of the gods' towers” is an example of....
Symbolism
Personification
Setting
"How shall I tell what I saw? The towers are not all broken..." is an.......
Allusion
Allegory
Irony
“It is a great knowledge, hard to tell and believe. They were men—they went a dark road, but they were men."
Irony
Idiom
Simile
"My heart was cold as a frog and my legs like water, but the burning in my mind would not let me have peace." Which two elements are being used?
Simile and Metaphor
Simile and Personification
Simile and Polysyndenton
"Truth is a hard deer to hunt..." is an example of
Allegory
Alliteration
Metaphor
