This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Introductions > Literary Techniques – Quiz 37 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Literary Techniques Quiz 37 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which literary technique is a reference to a story, myth, or historical event? A) Assonance. B) Allusion. C) Metaphor. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Allusion. 2. "You'll hear some people say war is inevitable ..... fiddlesticks!" The technique here is: A) Imagery. B) Dramatic irony. C) Alliteration. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Dramatic irony. 3. The author includes vivid descriptions in his/her writing, appealing to our senses A) Imagery. B) Picture-painting. C) Analogy. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Imagery. 4. Which tone is seen in the following lines:When Joey came in late to class for the fourth time, his teacher said: "Joey, so nice to see you here-bright and early." A) Serious. B) Angry. C) Sarcastic. D) Happy. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sarcastic. 5. Give human qualities to animals or objects A) Pun. B) Personification. C) Idiom. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Personification. 6. Sentences such as "Nonpeople rented for a few hours, a few days, a few weeks" (53) are examples of A) Multi-connectors. B) Unrelated. C) Anaphora. D) Dependent clauses. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Unrelated. 7. The point in the plot that creates the greatest intensity, suspense, or interest. Often referred to a the "turning point" A) Foil. B) Rising Action. C) Denomination. D) Climax. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Climax. 8. A contradictory statement or situation, or in other words, states the opposite of reality; it's the difference between what appears to be and what actually is A) Rhetorical Question. B) Dialect. C) Irony. D) Imagery. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Irony. 9. Feelings a piece of writing expresses by the words used A) Tone. B) Mood. C) Jargon. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mood. 10. The trees stood as tall as towers. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Onomatopoeia. D) Assonance. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 11. An example of a Hyperbole is ..... A) The giraffe was taller than me. B) The book weighed a tonne. C) The candy was soft like cotton. D) The ball rolled rapidly round. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The book weighed a tonne. 12. Example ..... "Bob brought baked beans to the party. A) Idiom. B) Personification. C) Alliteration. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Alliteration. 13. Which word means "to make an idea, impression, or feeling known or understandable to someone" ? A) Analyze. B) Convey. C) Form. D) Syntax. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Convey. 14. Giving human like qualities to non-human things (the tree waved to me) A) Idioms. B) Allusions. C) Personification. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Personification. 15. What is the following an example of?:"I'm sorry to say that he passed away" A) Euphemism. B) Hyperbole. C) Simile. D) Adverb. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Euphemism. 16. Referring to something famous for emphasis (e.g. Shakespeare) A) Idioms. B) Couplet. C) Allusion. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Allusion. 17. An example of juxtaposition is ..... A) Calm and Chaos. B) Despair and Hope. C) Fact and Fiction. D) All of the Above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the Above. 18. She sells sea shells by the see shore is an example of: A) Alliteration. B) Personification. C) Metaphor. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Alliteration. 19. Which of these statements is a metaphor? A) He is a liar and a master at manipulation. B) She kicked the bucket only a fortnight ago. C) Ameerah and Faith are two peas in a pod. D) I do not like mincing words when speaking to others. . Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ameerah and Faith are two peas in a pod. 20. I'm so hungry! I could eat a slice of pie! A) Hyperbole. B) Not a hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Not a hyperbole. ← 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