This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Introductions > Techniques > Literary Techniques – Quiz 12 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Literary Techniques Quiz 12 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 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? A) Eli; Mom. B) Mom; Rex. C) Teresa; Lucas. D) Grams; Eddy. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mom; Rex. 2. "The dead animal was surrounded by flies and maggots." A) Adjectives. B) Characterization. C) Imagery. D) Symbolism. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Imagery. 3. In which part of our PEAR paragraphs would we usually write about literary techniques? A) Point. B) Evidence. C) Analysis. D) Refer back to the question. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Analysis. 4. Which technique is being used here:Amelia was glowering at me with her arms akimbo. A) Show not tell. B) Introductory phrase. C) Dialogue. D) 5 senses. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Show not tell. 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. A) Tactile Imagery. B) Gustatory Imagery. C) Auditory Imagery. D) Visual Imagery. E) Olfactory Imagery. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Auditory Imagery. 6. What is a literary term describing a formative novel about a protagonist's psychological and moral growth from their youth into adulthood? A) Flashback. B) Bildungsroman. C) Dramatic foil. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Bildungsroman. 7. Does the following sentence demonstrate parallelism?:I highly recommend this toothbrush because of the cleaning, it is easy to grip and the price. A) Yes. B) No. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) No. 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? A) Personification. B) Anaphora. C) Alliteration. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Alliteration. 9. An ah-ha moment. Moment of realization. A) Epiphany. B) Personification. C) Metaphor. D) Symbol. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Epiphany. 10. The fabric was silk A) Metaphor. B) Simile. C) Alliteration. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Metaphor. 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): A) Of church / cathedrals. B) Of graves / tombs. C) Relating to death. D) Relating to specters / ghosts. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Of graves / tombs. 12. What is "A song as pure as the rain washed air" an example of? A) Metaphor. B) Simile. C) Hyperbole. D) Foreshadowing. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Simile. 13. What are connotations? A) Notes that give details about a text. B) Punctuation. C) The references made in a text. D) The associations that come with a particular word. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The associations that come with a particular word. 14. The author directly reaches out to the audience to make a change A) Analogy. B) Quotation. C) Call to action. D) Facts and statistics. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Call to action. 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 A) Multi-connectors. B) Unrelated. C) Parallelism. D) Anaphora. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Multi-connectors. 16. It will creep and beep while you sleep. A) Assonance. B) Alliteration. C) Sibilance. D) Consonance. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Consonance. 17. Which of these is an example of onomatopoeia? A) The classroom was a zoo. B) The children behaved like animals. C) The children's yells could be heard in Australia!. D) The pencil was broken with a snap!. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The pencil was broken with a snap!. 18. Onomatopoeia refers to words that mimic a sound. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 19. What is an interjected scene that takes the narrative back in time from the current point in the story? A) Suspense. B) Flashback. C) Metaphor. D) Foreshadowing. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Flashback. 20. Language specifically used in particular field, profession, or group (law, police, teachers, doctors) A) Personification. B) Allusions. C) Hyperbole. D) Jargon. 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