Literary Techniques Quiz 12 (20 MCQs)

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1. Good authors create sympathetic characters (ones we can relate to) and unsympathetic characters (ones we don't have much sympathy for). Which pair below lists a sympathetic and then an unsympathetic character?
2. "The dead animal was surrounded by flies and maggots."
3. In which part of our PEAR paragraphs would we usually write about literary techniques?
4. Which technique is being used here:Amelia was glowering at me with her arms akimbo.
5. What imagery type is presented by this excerpt:Her name, I was to learn many years later, was a convenient mnemonic for the qualities to which argument might aspire. But in those days it was a living voice. "Oh that you might be worthy of uttering me, " it said.
6. What is a literary term describing a formative novel about a protagonist's psychological and moral growth from their youth into adulthood?
7. Does the following sentence demonstrate parallelism?:I highly recommend this toothbrush because of the cleaning, it is easy to grip and the price.
8. Which literary technique is the repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words-usually within the same line of poetry-that creates musical effects and emphasis?
9. An ah-ha moment. Moment of realization.
10. The fabric was silk
11. "The trees and bushes around them stood inky and spulchral, spilling long shadows across them" -this is after he bursts out of the tomb-like shed. Sepulchral meaning (from context):
12. What is "A song as pure as the rain washed air" an example of?
13. What are connotations?
14. The author directly reaches out to the audience to make a change
15. "The other girl was black and fat and homely, and Carol was white and fat and homely" (110). This sentence is an example of
16. It will creep and beep while you sleep.
17. Which of these is an example of onomatopoeia?
18. Onomatopoeia refers to words that mimic a sound.
19. What is an interjected scene that takes the narrative back in time from the current point in the story?
20. Language specifically used in particular field, profession, or group (law, police, teachers, doctors)