31 pages • 1 hour read
Frank O'HaraAve Maria
Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1964A modern alternative to SparkNotes and CliffsNotes, SuperSummary offers high-quality Study Guides with detailed chapter summaries and analysis of major themes, characters, and more. For select classroom titles, we also provide Teaching Guides with discussion and quiz questions to prompt student engagement.
Literary Device Questions
1. What literary device is demonstrated in the lines “but what about the soul / that grows in darkness” (Lines 5-6)?
A) Simile
B) Enjambment
C) Juxtaposition
D) Allegory
2. What literary device is demonstrated in the lines “they won’t hate you / they won’t criticize you they won’t know” (Lines 8-9)?
A) Metaphor
B) Epistrophe
C) Anaphora
D) Irony
3. What literary device is demonstrated in the lines “that grows in darkness, embossed by silvery images” (Line 6)?
A) Consonance
B) Assonance
C) Alliteration
D) Repetition
4. What literary device is demonstrated in the lines “and if somebody does it’ll be sheer gravy” (Line 24)?
A) Hyperbole
B) Repetition
C) Colloquialism
D) Synecdoche
