Literature-in-English quick practice

Question 1 of 10

"My mother's hands are maps of every year: the ridge of yam-fields, rivers of the well, a scar where pepper and the market fell." Calling the mother's hands "maps" is an example of

Question 2 of 10

Words that imitate sounds, such as "buzz" and "bang", are examples of

Question 3 of 10

"I have told you a million times" is an example of

Question 4 of 10

An elegy is a poem that

Question 5 of 10

Identify the figure of speech: "The wind whispered through the trees."

Question 6 of 10

A story in which animals behave like humans to teach a moral is a

Question 7 of 10

The main character in a story is the

Question 8 of 10

"The wind howled all night" uses

Question 9 of 10

"All hands on deck" (meaning all sailors) is an example of

Question 10 of 10

The rhyme scheme of a Shakespearean sonnet ends with a