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Literary Techniques Quiz 5 (60 MCQs)

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1. An interruption in the action to present a scene that took place at an earlier time.
2. Words mean what they mean; no extra meaning
3. A coming of age story
4. How the author/speaker says something.
5. Each blade of grass was a tiny knife pointed firmly at our bare feet
6. The substitution of a word which relates to the object or person to be named, in place of the name itself
7. For the final project, I am writing a story that includes:
8. 'The pancakes were stacked a mile high' is an example of which technique?
9. "After Mr. Dahl explained litotes, I felt that the concept was as clear as mud."
10. "Amanda stalked her home learning like a panther stalks its prey."
11. A part of something represents the whole it may use a whole to represent a part. To refer to "wheels" as a car.
12. What is this literary device?Teddy Bears are never hungry; they are always stuffed.
13. Allusion is a passing or indirect descriptive reference to something.
14. What is a figure of speech comparing two unlike things that is often introduced by like or as (as in cheeks like roses)? A shared trait is this emphasized.
15. When a character gives a speech alone on stage it is called .....
16. What is the term for a figure of speech in which a word imitates the sound it represents?
17. Which technique is being used here:Why would he leave so much money lying around like this? I wondered
18. What literary technique involves giving human characteristics to animals?
19. "Pain had never been a friend to me before, but now it kept me still. It forced reality on me and kept me sane" (113) is an example of
20. A comparison of two things to show that they are alike.
21. The repetition of the BEGINNING sounds of words (Sally sells seashells by the seashore)
22. The pattern of beats in poems or songs; it helps create mood
23. What is imperative language?
24. Humorous use of a word or phrase to suggest two meanings at the same time. A play on words with homonyms.
25. Which of these examples is a hyberbole?
26. Through using multiple adjectives or adverbs, the writer .....
27. He sneezed and wheezed, could hardly breathe.
28. A character pretending to be an ally is actually the villain.
29. Which techniques are present in the following quote:I was once talking to a black man about gender and he said to me, "Why do you have to say 'my experience as a woman'? why can't it be 'your experience as a human being'?"
30. Anaphora is .....
31. The point of view for this story is:
32. A stylistic device (most often found in poetry) in which words, having the same first consonant sound, occur close together in a series.
33. The way in which words and sentences are placed together in writing
34. Sad or dismal sounding, funereal-which vocabulary word does this definition most closely fit?
35. The writer's attitude or feeling about his or her subject
36. "He is an old fox" is an example of:
37. Good authors create a protagonist, a leading character in the story that most readers will root for. Who is the protagonist?
38. What figure of speech is presented in this excerpt:I could feel my body glow in the sun as though it had instantly been cast in bronze.
39. A literary technique in which one thing is spoken of as though it were something else. Example:He is an old fox very cunning.
40. Evidence should be
41. Which literary technique does Toi Derricotte use in these lines?A young woman in a fur-trimmedcoat sets a card tablewith linens, candles, a picnic basket & wine.
42. A direct comparison between two dissimilar things; uses "like" or "as" to state the terms of the comparison is a
43. Figure of speech in which tow unlike things are compared using like or as
44. The girl was skinny enough to jump through a keyhole.
45. The type of figurative language in which a non-human subject is given human characteristics.
46. A pervading emotional quality developed by the handling of setting ..... helps to establish tone
47. " ..... a slow, smiling air about her ..... " This quotation includes an example of:
48. "You're drawing me in and you're kicking me out ..... My head's under water, but I'm breathing fine."
49. Which literary technique does Robert Frost use in the bold parts of these lines?Before the leaves can mount againTo fill the trees with another shade, They must go down past things coming up.They must go down into the dark decayed.They must be pierced by flowers and putBeneath the feet of dancing flowers.
50. The protagonist of this story is:
51. In Chugbo Ugwuoke's Ogadimma-The Diary of a Housemaid, "Mrs. Bello feels a sense of familiarity when she looks at Ogadi, hinting that she is in fact her long lost daughter." This implies the use of
52. " ..... as a sunbather feels the sun ..... " is an example of:
53. What is the following an example of?:"She sells seashells by the seashore"
54. This choice impacts the readers by making the author seem more relatable
55. That's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind.
56. What kind of figurative language is being used?The clock on the wall laughed at me as I tried to finish my test before class ended.
57. Which literary device / technique? "All the world's a stage, And all the men and women merely players."
58. Technique in which a sound, word, phrase, or line is repeated for emphasis
59. Which device is being used? "She wore black Mary Tyler Moore capri pants and the pale yellow sweater with the buttons made out of red plastic cherries."
60. What is 'word choice'?
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