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Literary Techniques Quiz 7 (60 MCQs)

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1. Imagery is a literary device that appeals to the one or more of the five senses.
2. What is the following an example of?:"It's raining cats and dogs!"
3. This literary device might include words like "ain't" and "y'all" .
4. Syntax is the arrangement of words and phrases to create well-formed sentences in a language
5. Which topic sentence is best?
6. He is a timid mouse.
7. Figurative language has ..... meaning
8. Character descriptions that show just how opposite the characters are is a type of juxtaposition known as
9. "You've got this!" Sara cheered, standing on the sidewalk. She watched as her dad followed closely behind her little brother's bike. As he let go, she couldn't help but think of when she first learned to ride a bike. She could still feel her heart racing and remember how scared she was, waiting for her dad to let go. She knew exactly how her brother was feeling.
10. An extended metaphor in which the characters, places, and objects in a narrative carry figurative meaning is a .....
11. There was a deafening silence.
12. What is a figure of speech that directly refers to one thing by mentioning another (as in she is a rose.)? It may provide clarity or identify hidden similarities between two ideas.
13. "they burst out like seeds from a crackling, overripe pod into the veranda"
14. Revealing a minor character to actually be alive near the end.
15. Reporter: "Well, who found the boy, who was out here anyway?" Sgt. Hing: "And I said, 'Well, this is a really popular area for people to run and mountain biking's really big out here, horseback riding, it's just, well it's close to town' " (Kaufman, 23).
16. A recurring object, concept, or structure in a piece of literature
17. In literature, hints about what's to come later in the story are called .....
18. "The flames danced the night away!"
19. The use of words to express something other than and especially the opposite of the literal meaning.
20. What is "Election Day" ?
21. "I didn't want this place to touch him except through me" (59) is an example of which technique?
22. What literary technique is being used in the dialogue from TEWWG below? Janie: "Dat's right. But it must be different at yo' home."
23. Her eyes teared up and she fought the urge to sneeze; the thick dust that clung to every surface in the grimy room was obviously causing an allergic reaction. Would you consider this to be imagery?
24. The pancakes were stacked a mile high.
25. What is a literary device in which a writer gives an advance hint of what is to come later in the story?
26. We admired the sixth spectacular sunset this week.
27. Which literary technique does Theodore Roethke use in these lines?The hand that held my wrist Was battered on one knuckle; At every step you missedMy right ear scraped a buckle.
28. Storm clouds began to busily accumulate. It was time to fight
29. Not meant to be answered; used merely for effect.
30. Six silver swans swam across the lake.
31. The sudden understanding of the larger meaning of something; it's a sudden realization and a "Ah ha!" moment for a character
32. It is important to consider if a source of information is trustworthy; therefore we analyze
33. Which literary technique is language that appeals to specific senses (i.e., sight, sound, touch, smell, or taste), creating a concrete sensory experience in the reader's imagination?
34. "Don't miss, don't miss, DON'T miss, " is all I could hear in my head. Well, that, and the 10, 000 fans around me. Standing at the foul line, I couldn't help but think back to the championship game last year. The feeling of missing the game winning foul shots will stay with me forever. That was motivation though for me to get better in the off-season.
35. A figure of speech in which 'like' or 'as' is used to make a comparison between two basically dissimilar ideas. Example:Thank you for remembering my birthday you are as sweet as a candy.
36. Attributing human characteristics to nonhuman things or abstractions is .....
37. When someone knowingly exaggerates or says one thing and means another
38. What imagery type is presented by this excerpt:In the end, the Rivas sisters would outdo them. Boxes of meringues, bonbons, ladyfingers, and cinnamon buns that only the Swiss bakers in Manila could make were perhaps coming on the boat with them. I imagined a table glimmering with long-stemmed punch glasses; enthroned in that array would be a huge brick-red bowl of gleaming china with golden flowers around the brim.
39. What is the following an example of?:"If we want to fix our economy, we need jobs, jobs, jobs!"
40. The chair screamed when the kids jumped on it.
41. "The sun was like a large ball of button" is an example of what literary technique?
42. What literary technique involves the repetition of the same vowel sound in nearby words?
43. A phrase whose figurative meaning is different from the literal; words have different meanings
44. The references made to James Madison, when California joins the U.S.A. and to Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe, etc. are examples of
45. "Her heart sounded like a small drum."
46. An actor's speech, directed to the audience, that is not supposed to be heard by other actors on the stage ..... used to let the audience know that the character is about to do or what they are thinking.
47. What does the central idea or theme of a story tell the reader?
48. Giving human characteristics to a nonliving thing.
49. A form of figurative language in which something is highly exaggerated.
50. The sun hugged us with its warmth.
51. Onomatopoeia words are words that .....
52. The wind whispered the rumors of the forest.
53. Which literary technique does Theodore Roethke use in the bold parts of this line?Such waltzing was not easy.
54. How many times should you read the poem before writing?
55. Ms Adair smiled sadly at the pencil case
56. Which of these animated movies illustrates anthropomorphism?
57. The sky cried tears of joy on the people.
58. My house felt like 10, 000 suns!
59. "She wore black Mary Tyler Moore capri pants and the pale yellow sweater with the buttons made out of red plastic cherries." This is an example of the use of what literary technique?
60. Which literary technique does Robert Frost use in the bold parts of these lines?They fall from giving shade aboveTo make one texture of faded brownAnd fit the earth like a leather glove.
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