The Grapes of Wrath: Which literary device does this passage most clearly show?

  Question 3a of 10 The Grapes of Wrath 1058032
  Maximum Attempts: 1
  Question Type: Multiple Choice
  Maximum Score: 2
  Question: Read this excerpt from The Grapes of Wrath:
[I]t’s our land. We measured it and broke it up. We were born on it, and we got killed on it, died on it. Even if it’s no good, it’s still ours. That’s what makes it ours being born on it, working it, dying on it.
Which literary device does this passage most clearly show?
 
  Choice Feedback
A. Synecdoche
B. Intercalary
*C. Parallelism Correct!
D. Contrast
 
Global Incorrect Feedback
The correct answer is: Parallelism.

  Question 3b of 10 The Grapes of Wrath 1058033
  Maximum Attempts: 1
  Question Type: Multiple Choice
  Maximum Score: 2
  Question: Read this excerpt from The Grapes of Wrath:
The driver sat in his iron seat and he was proud of the straight lines he did not will, proud of the tractor he did not own or love, proud of the power he could not control.
Which literary device does this passage most clearly show?
 
  Choice Feedback
A. Intercalary
B. Rhetoric
*C. Parallelism Correct!
D. Synecdoche
 
Global Incorrect Feedback
The correct answer is: Parallelism.

  Question 3c of 10 The Grapes of Wrath 1058034
  Maximum Attempts: 1
  Question Type: Multiple Choice
  Maximum Score: 2
  Question: Read this excerpt from The Grapes of Wrath:
He could not see the land as it was, he could not smell the land as it smelled; his feet did not stamp the clods or feel the warmth and power of the earth. . . . He could not cheer or beat or curse or encourage the extension of his
power . . .
Which literary device does this passage most clearly show?
 
  Choice Feedback
*A. Parallelism Correct!
B. Rhetoric
C. Synecdoche
D. Intercalary
 
Global Incorrect Feedback
The correct answer is: Parallelism.

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *