The following quote from “An Ancient Gesture” is an example of what literary element?

“I thought, as I wiped my eyes on the corner of my apron: Penelope did this too. And more than once: you can’t keep weaving all day And undoing it all through the night;”

A. personification

B. metaphor

C. allusion

D. onomatopoeia

Question

The following quote from “An Ancient Gesture” is an example of what literary element? 

“I thought, as I wiped my eyes on the corner of my apron: Penelope did this too. And more than once: you can’t keep weaving all day And undoing it all through the night;” 




 
A. personification 
 
 
B. metaphor 
 
 
C. allusion 
 
 
D. onomatopoeia

tacotime · Answer

c it is an allusion to the Odyssey

anonymous · Answer

How does Holmes solve the mystery in “The Red-headed League”?



 
A. carefully and scientifically 
 
 
B. playfully 
 
 
C. cheerlessly 
 
 
D. eagerly and enthusiastically