It had been there when the midwife had announced, ‘You’ve a boy.’

Question

The hat was there when his wife had their second little joy.

Why does the author MOST likely choose the words, ‘their second little joy’?

A)They had twin boys.

B)It expresses that their second child was a joyous addition to their family. <-- ?

C)The little hat was considered a joy for the father at the birth of his only son.

D)Next to their first little joy, their son, the hat was considered their second little joy

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It saw with lucid eyes inhuman, divine

Line 12 has an example of a stylistic device. What is that device called?

A)allusion

B)inversion

C)satire

D)simile

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It’d seen a child die—Depression--a war,Bowed at the bedside of the lady once adored,Watched while its owner did weep when his storeBurned down to the ground, nothing left but the floor

Which stylistic devices are used in lines 7-10?

A)satire and irony

B)rhyme and rhythm

C)sarcasm and humor

D)contrast and repetition

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It’d seen a child die—Depression--a war,

Which stylistic or literary device is demonstrated in line 7?
A)satire

B)allusion

C)repetition

D)internal rhyme

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An old patched hat, which was almond with trim-red,
Watched as it sat on an old, thin head.

Which kind of figurative language?

A)metonymy

B)oxymoron

C)personification

D)simile
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Bowed at the bedside of the lady once adored.

Which stylistic device does the author use?
A)assonance

B)inversion

C)alliteration
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D)internal rhyme

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I don't understand the devices questions :/

Answer 1

Um, your text book or teacher's explanations should have told you what these various literary devices are. If you were asleep or not paying attention, you wouldn't know. Look up the words alliteration, etc. and find out what they mean. In this case the old man's hat has been with him and seen all the good and bad things that have happened in his life. The hat, of course, is not human, but has "seen" all of the man's life, from the birth of a son to a fire to the death of an adored woman, etc. When you give human "powers" as vision to an inanimate object like a hat, what is that called?

Answer 2

Look up literary terms here:
http://www.tnellen.com/cybereng/lit_terms/

Then let us know what YOU THINK.