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Literary Techniques Quiz 3 (60 MCQs)

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1. The pilot has a fear of heights is an example of satire
2. Good authors create conflict for their characters. Which is NOT a type of conflict in the story?
3. The use of words and phrases that appeal to the five senses.
4. I saw him woo her like from the tales of old.
5. He is a sneaky fox.
6. What literary technique involves placing two things side by side for comparison or contrast?
7. Hints about what will happen in the future of a text.
8. The wind howled menacingly into the night
9. " ..... he was just lying there by a fence, and I-I just thought it was a scarecrow." (Kaufmann, 43).
10. Attributing human characteristics to nonhuman objects
11. Multiple words or a continuous phrase that authors use to represent people, objects, actions, feelings, and ideas visually by appealing to the senses
12. As flat as a pancake
13. Your teacher says, "Make sure you study your notes tonight!"
14. Someone or something placed in an inappropriate period of time.
15. An argument with your older sister is interrupted by your parents. Then, behind their backs, you say .....
16. Which is a prime example of alliteration?
17. Iambic Pentameter is.....
18. "I said I'm so sick of love songs, so sad and so slow."
19. Where should your point be?
20. Julie was terrified; a mouse in the eyes of a hungry predator
21. Sing a song of sixpence.Conspiring cells of summer shells.
22. Writer's techniques means special methods or tools that you can use to make writing more interesting or colourful. Which of these is not a writing technique?
23. Which device is being used? "He closed his eyes and was suddenly transported to his first time travelling alone."
24. What is the following an example of?:"Little did I know that day would change the course of my life forever"
25. For emphasis to intentionally impact the reader, Octavia Butler uses "short sentences" such as "My left arm" that are actually
26. How a poem is set up or how it rhymes (AABB CCDD)
27. The distinctive way in which a writer uses language which includes:diction, tone, and syntax
28. What does FAST stand for when analyzing a character?
29. A category of literature marked by shared features.
30. The restatement of words or phrases that emphasize a particular point
31. Which of the following is a coordinating conjunction?
32. What kind of figurative language is being used?The boy cried like a baby after he ate too much pasta.
33. What is a Synechdoche?
34. Two rhyming lines at the end of a speech, signaling that a character is leaving the stage or a scene is ending.
35. Intentionally using words that have either a positive or negative association in order to communicate tone or emotionally manipulate the audience
36. Appeals to the five senses to make a scene come to life
37. We just lost two lonely, scared souls swimming in a fish bowl. (Pink Floyd)
38. A reference to a famous text, person, place, or event.
39. Character, setting, conflict, and plot are .....
40. My head is pounding like a drum. This sentence is an example of ..... but it is also an example of .....
41. What is the purpose of using paradox in poetry?
42. Which of the following lines is a quote from Langston Hughes' poem "I, Too" ?
43. This choice impacts the audience by putting the readers more at ease with the author, contributing to a relaxed tone
44. The repetition of vowel sounds in a line of poetry (holy stony pony)
45. Which acronym do we use for slow-motion description?
46. An interruption in the present action of a story that takes the reader back to a time from the past and then takes the reader back to the present
47. Imagery is intended .....
48. Repetition of a sound or letter at the beginning of words that are near to each other. Often used in poetry. (Example:Seven slippery snakes slithered sneakily southwards.)
49. Alliteration is the repetition of a vowel sound at the beginning of a word
50. Which literary technique does Robert Frost use in the bold parts of these lines?Nature's first green is gold, Her hardest hue to hold.
51. Although it is often used in the same way as the noun 'quotation' this word is actually used as a verb to describe when you borrow or copy words from a text to your own writing, using speech marks.
52. Used as a means to control, to diminish, to frighten, and to establish a sense of self through eradicating that of another, Violence is carried out with whips, fists, words, gestures, and psychological terror. Reoccurring violence is considered an example of
53. What is the ability to understand and share the feelings of another?
54. Language that appeals our senses is called .....
55. What is the purpose of using imagery in poetry?
56. "He accepted the book, looked at it as though it were his enemy" (88) is an example of
57. Tension builds in a horror movie as a young girl approaches aclosed door. There is a scratching sound coming from behind the door. When she opens it, a cat comes out.
58. What should comprise the majority of your PEA?
59. "Time flies when you're having fun in English class!"
60. What should be in the point?
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