This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Introductions > Literary Techniques – Quiz 29 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Literary Techniques Quiz 29 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What is anticipation of the outcome of a plot or of the solution to an uncertainty, puzzle, or mystery, particularly as it affects a character for whom one has sympathy? A) Flashback. B) Foreshadowing. C) Suspense. D) Empathy. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Suspense. 2. The seahorse spiraled, seeking safety and solace. A) Alliteration. B) Antithesis. C) Personification. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Alliteration. 3. Where does a hook or lead appear in an essay? A) First body paragraph. B) Last sentence of the intro. C) First sentence of the paper. D) The conclusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Last sentence of the intro. 4. Rhyme in which there is a repetition of beginning consonant sounds A) Rhyme. B) Alliteration. C) Assonance. D) Repetition. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Alliteration. 5. You start to freeze as horror looks you right between the eyes. (Michael Jackson) A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Personification. D) Imagery. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Personification. 6. Which technique is being used here:My heart started beating furiously in my chest. A) Show not tell. B) Character thoughts. C) Dialogue. D) Slow-motion description. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Show not tell. 7. Handsome, you're a mansion with a view. (Taylor Swift) A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Personification. D) Imagery. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 8. Which of the following statements is the best deus ex machina definition? A) A conclusion to a story that is completely impossible. B) The use of a machine in order to solve a problem, especially if that machine makes the protagonist feel god-like. C) An unexpected turn of events in which a situation that looked inescapable is solved by the contrived appearance of another character, object, or super power. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) An unexpected turn of events in which a situation that looked inescapable is solved by the contrived appearance of another character, object, or super power. 9. Non-rhyming poetry, usually written in iambic pentameter. A) Iambic pentameter. B) Euphemism. C) Blank verse. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Blank verse. 10. What literary technique involves using a word or phrase to represent something else? A) Allusion. B) Conceit. C) Homage. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Allusion. 11. When the author takes the reader back in time to share an important memory. A) Flashback. B) Foreshadowing. C) Flashforward. D) Backshadowing. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Flashback. 12. His face was as red as a beet. A) Metaphor. B) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Simile. 13. Which one is different? A) Seems. B) Could. C) Might. D) Is. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Is. 14. It is a "piece of cake" for Jack to ride his bicycle. The italicized word is an example of A) Imagery. B) Idiom. C) Symbolism. D) Oxymoron. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Idiom. 15. Harry Potter's Lord Voldemort makes use of what literary technique in making a supreme declaration of his name? A) Anagram. B) Chasma. C) Allegory. D) Colloquialism. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Anagram. 16. "How you doin'?" is an example of A) Analogy. B) Chiasma. C) Antithesis. D) Colloquialism. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Colloquialism. 17. The sergeant barked in the soldier's face A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Personification. D) Pathetic fallacy. E) A combination. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 18. The central character of a story, the one who initiates the action A) Narrator. B) Antagonist. C) Protagonist. D) Round character. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Protagonist. 19. 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. A) Imagery. B) Repetition. C) Setting. D) Symbolism. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Imagery. 20. "vile wind " and "cold day" are examples of ..... A) Simile. B) Pathetic fallacy. C) Metaphor. D) Tone. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pathetic fallacy. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesLiterary Techniques Quiz 1Literary Techniques Quiz 2Literary Techniques Quiz 3Literary Techniques Quiz 4Literary Techniques Quiz 5Literary Techniques Quiz 6Literary Techniques Quiz 7Literary Techniques Quiz 8Literary Techniques Quiz 9Literary Techniques Quiz 10 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books