Literary Analysis Questions

The leaves dance on the trees. This is an example of ...

• allusion

• alliteration

• onomatopoeia

• personification

The girls are carrying pretty, purple purses. This is an example of ....

• allusion

• irony

• alliteration

• hyperbole

You are the sunshine of my life. This is an example of ...

• personification

• simile

• metaphor

• allusion

I have found my Romeo! This is an example of ...

• alliteration

• allusion

• personification

• hyperbole

Inciting incident is ...

• part of the falling action

• the minor conflict in a story

• the event that sets the story in motion

• the internal conflict of a character

Crash! Splash! Boom! These are example of ..

• onomatopoeia

• visual imagery

• irony

• metaphor

When in a story "you expect a but instead you get b" this is an example of ...

• hyperbole

• metaphor

• situational irony

• personification

The setting of a story is ....

• where the action takes place

• when and where the action takes place

• the conflict of two characters

• the resolution of the conflict

She is as pure as snow. This is an example of ...

• simile

• metaphor

• hyperbole

• auditory imagery

Aslan alludes to ...

• God

• the Garden of Eden

• Jesus

• Father Christmas