This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Introductions > Techniques > Literary Techniques – Quiz 10 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Literary Techniques Quiz 10 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 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. A) State. B) Quote. C) Support. D) Highlight. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Quote. 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 A) Motif. B) Symbol. C) Drama. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Motif. 3. What is the ability to understand and share the feelings of another? A) Ellipsis. B) Apprehensive. C) Suspense. D) Empathy. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Empathy. 4. Language that appeals our senses is called ..... A) Personification. B) Allusion. C) Characterization. D) Imagery. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Imagery. 5. What is the purpose of using imagery in poetry? A) To create a visual image. B) To convey a particular effect. C) To compare two things using 'like' or 'as'. D) To make the poem longer. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To create a visual image. 6. "He accepted the book, looked at it as though it were his enemy" (88) is an example of A) Metaphor. B) Simile. C) Personification. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Simile. 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. A) Plot Twist. B) Anticlimactic. C) Foreshadowing. D) Flashback. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Anticlimactic. 8. What should comprise the majority of your PEA? A) Point. B) Evidence. C) Analysis. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Analysis. 9. "Time flies when you're having fun in English class!" A) Idiom. B) Metonymy. C) Hyperbole. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Idiom. 10. Which is not an example of figurative language? A) The sky misses the sun at night. B) I've told you a million times to do your homework!. C) She ran like a cheetah. D) Effective writing is often paired with research. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Effective writing is often paired with research. 11. What should be in the point? A) Technique(s) used & effect on reader. B) Evidence & effect on the reader. C) Technique(s) used & evidence. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Technique(s) used & effect on reader. 12. She was as pretty as a picture is an example of A) Metaphor. B) Alliteration. C) Repetition. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Simile. 13. A paradox is a rhetorical figure embodying a seeming contradiction that is nonetheless true A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 14. Literary techniques are indispensable in writing. A) True. B) False. C) Sometimes. D) From a certain point of view. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 15. Find the onomatopoeic word. A) Crruunch!. B) Hey. C) Dog. D) Cat. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Crruunch!. 16. It seems to me you live your life like a candle in the wind. (Elton John) A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Personification. D) Imagery. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 17. Sensory language means words or phrases that apeal to our human senses. Which of these is not a human sense? A) Smell. B) Taste. C) Hearing/audio. D) Spelling. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Spelling. 18. Which literary technique is a comparison between two things that uses the word "like" or "as" ? A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Personification. D) Allusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 19. Which literary technique is a comparison between two things in which one thing is said to BE another thing? A) Alliteration. B) Anaphora. C) Imagery. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Metaphor. 20. A comparison of two things that have some quality in common, using like or as. A) Metaphor. B) Simile. C) Personification. D) Irony. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Simile. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesIntroductions 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 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books