Match the following definitions with the appropriate poetic device.

1. paradox
2. symbol
3. octave
4. verbal irony
5. sonnet
6. hyperbole
7. imagery
8. simile
9. allusion
10. onomatopoeia
11. sestet
12. personification
13. theme
14. alliteration
15. overstatement

Italked more quickly—more vehemently; but the noise steadily increased. i arose and argued about trifles, in a high key and with violent gesticulations; but the noise steadily increased. why would they not be gone? i paced the floor to and fro with heavy strides, as if excited to fury by the observations of the men? —but the noise steadily increased. what is the effect of parallelism in this excerpt? it emphasizes the narrator’s paranoia. it emphasizes the narrator’s anger. it emphasizes the narrator’s grief. it emphasizes the narrator’s confusion.

In the franz kafka’s the metamorphosis after gregory turns into a giant insect he realizes his sister grete can’t stand to look at him. he hides from his sister and stays under a bedsheet. what does this act suggest about gregor?

How does crane's depiction of the way information was spread in the nineteenth century affect the novel? crane seeks to use the novel as a way to criticize the journalists of the time for how they glorified war as a means of union propaganda. by depicting the extent to which newspapers were circulated, crane seeks to expose the lack of unbiased reporting at the time. by giving newspapers a major role in the novel, crane seeks to make a connection between the increasing role of the military in national affairs and the decline of farming. crane captures the power of journalistic reports at a time when it was the primary means of transmitting information to a broad audience by showing its influence on henry.