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Literary Techniques Quiz 10 (60 MCQs)

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1. Enjambment is.....
2. Rhyme in which there is a repetition of beginning consonant sounds
3. You start to freeze as horror looks you right between the eyes. (Michael Jackson)
4. Which technique is being used here:My heart started beating furiously in my chest.
5. Handsome, you're a mansion with a view. (Taylor Swift)
6. Which of the following statements is the best deus ex machina definition?
7. Non-rhyming poetry, usually written in iambic pentameter.
8. What literary technique involves using a word or phrase to represent something else?
9. When the author takes the reader back in time to share an important memory.
10. His face was as red as a beet.
11. Which one is different?
12. It is a "piece of cake" for Jack to ride his bicycle. The italicized word is an example of
13. Harry Potter's Lord Voldemort makes use of what literary technique in making a supreme declaration of his name?
14. "How you doin'?" is an example of
15. The sergeant barked in the soldier's face
16. The central character of a story, the one who initiates the action
17. Literary techniques that create visual representations in our mind in such a way that they appeal to our physical senses. Example:The room was dark and gloomy.
18. "vile wind " and "cold day" are examples of .....
19. "I got that summertime, summertime sadness ..... Got my hair big beauty-queen style ..... "
20. The author compares a situation or an idea to something different in order to make a point
21. Sibilance is the alliteration of which letter?
22. People have different names for different things? Some people may call a gas station a gas station, stop a minute, or corner store. This is an exampe of ..... ?
23. "Everyone got food poisoning at my birthday party-not the greatest way to celebrate."
24. The cheeky water sprayed crazily into the crowd
25. A reference to a person, place, event, or literary work is called .....
26. Nicole's smile is a mile wide.
27. Attempting to group words together harmoniously so that the consonants permit an easy and pleasing flow of sound.
28. Moises knows everything about video games
29. Based on influence by personal feelings, tastes, opinions, experiences.
30. After your mom throws you an amazing party, you say, "My mother is like WONDER WOMAN! She's awesome!"You are using .....
31. Jason was a hungry goblin wolfing down a handful of miniature candy bars.
32. My time piece is a piece of wax fallin' on a termite. (Chili Peppers)
33. The rage bubbled away inside of him
34. "He works 24/7."
35. Setting up rhythm as a memory device by using repetition of the first letter of a word repeated two or times in a line is called
36. The denotative meaning of a rose is:
37. Which of these statements makes use of euphemism?
38. Denouement/Resolution
39. Hints of events to occur later in the story
40. The author uses data in order to support his/her ideas
41. What is the purpose of using symbolism in poetry?
42. Writing or speech that appeals to one or more of the senses.
43. Which literary technique involves the use of the words in such a way in which the intended meaning is completely opposite to their literal meaning?
44. Her eyes were diamonds
45. Which technique is being used here: "What do you think you're doing, Alex?" she asked.
46. A discrepancy between appearances and reality
47. A figure of speech in which a word or phrase is replaced by another, often indicating a likeness or similarity between them.
48. Comparing freshman year to purgatory is an example of:
49. Identify the mood: "Did a shadow fall across the moon or did the moon simply go out, extinguished as abruptly and completely as a candle? There was still the sound of leaves, a terrified, terrifying rushing. All light was gone. Darkness was complete. Suddenly the wind was gone, and all sound. Meg felt that Calvin was being torn from her. When she reached for him her fingers touched nothing."
50. Comparison of two unlike things using a linking verb
51. Books, Reading and writing are mentioned frequently throughout the book Kindred. Both central characters, Dana and Kevin, are writers. Dana teaches reading and writing, tries to read books when stuck in the past, and also writes for herself. Writing and reading are liberating acts:they are subtle and not-so-subtle ways to gain and assert power within a society that marginalizes people based on race and/or gender. This type of repetition is called
52. "You raw thing! You uncultured element! Ignorant babbon and nincompoop! How can you have the temerity, the audacity and in fact, the effrontery to talk back at me?"This piece of dialogue was extracted from Chinelo Ifezulike's The Costly Mistake. What literary device is used here?
53. The use of words whose sounds echo their sense/ meaning
54. A joke that is a play on words that can rely on a word's multiple meanings is called a .....
55. I want to go to the scouts. I also want to study for my big test. This is an example of .....
56. "The nap that I took was medicine for my soul."
57. Author's attitude about a subject
58. The moment in the story where a character achieves realization, awareness or feeling of knowledge after which events are depicted in a different light
59. A figure of speech that references a person, place, thing, or event. Each of these concepts can be real or imaginary, referring to anything from fiction to folklore to historical events and religious texts
60. Occurs when what happens in the story is opposite of what is expected to happen
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