Literary Techniques Quiz 10 (20 MCQs)

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1. 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.
2. 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
3. What is the ability to understand and share the feelings of another?
4. Language that appeals our senses is called .....
5. What is the purpose of using imagery in poetry?
6. "He accepted the book, looked at it as though it were his enemy" (88) is an example of
7. 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.
8. What should comprise the majority of your PEA?
9. "Time flies when you're having fun in English class!"
10. Which is not an example of figurative language?
11. What should be in the point?
12. She was as pretty as a picture is an example of
13. A paradox is a rhetorical figure embodying a seeming contradiction that is nonetheless true
14. Literary techniques are indispensable in writing.
15. Find the onomatopoeic word.
16. It seems to me you live your life like a candle in the wind. (Elton John)
17. Sensory language means words or phrases that apeal to our human senses. Which of these is not a human sense?
18. Which literary technique is a comparison between two things that uses the word "like" or "as" ?
19. Which literary technique is a comparison between two things in which one thing is said to BE another thing?
20. A comparison of two things that have some quality in common, using like or as.