Excerpt from "The Lady, or the Tiger?"
by Frank R. Stockton
1- When every member of his domestic and
political systems moved smoothly in its
appointed course, his nature was bland and
genial; but, whenever there was a little hitch,
and some of his orbs got out of their orbits, he
was blander and more genial still, for nothing
pleased him so much as to make the crooked
straight and crush down uneven places.
Which literary device(s) would
be best to include as the topic
of this excerpt from "The Lady
or the Tiger"?
A. The device of metaphor, which occurs
throughout the text, and supports the
theme.
B. The device of alliteration, which occurs
twice throughout the text, and supports the
theme.
C. The device of personification, which
occurs once in the text and does not support
the theme.