A Piece of Chalk Literary Devices

The following is an example of what?

Southern England is not only a grand peninsula, and a tradition and a civilization; it is something even more admirable. It is a piece of chalk.

• Personification

• Simile

• Metonymy

• Metaphor

The following is an example of what?

The cows stared at me and called a committee.

• metonymy

• personification

• consonance

• simile

What is the following an example of?

I crawled across loose colossal contours that express the best quality of England...

• Alliteration

• Synecdoche

• Metonymy

• Consonance

Brown for the October woods represents

• Reliability

• Death

• Untrustworthy

• Dirty

He uses purple for the soul of the cow because it represents

• royalty

• wisdom

• honor

• strength

What does white symbolize in this work?

• lilies

• purity

• Christ

• virtue

Of what significance is the white chalk?

• Symbol used to inject white on the picture.

• The necessary color for any worthwhile picture.

• Symbol of what makes good look even better.

• It is easy to find.

"Seven horns and the mystery that belongs to all beasts" is an allusion to what?

• Greek mythology

• Fire-breathing dragon

• Roman God

• Beast of Revelation

Which is NOT an allusion Chesterton made?

• Apollo

• Romeo

• Robin Hood

• Joan of Arc

What is the theme of "A Piece of Chalk"?