This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Introductions > Techniques > Literary Techniques – Quiz 17 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Literary Techniques Quiz 17 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Writers are very careful about choosing one word over another word. For example, when they describe a smell, they have to choose from words such as aroma, stench or fragrance. The process of choosing a word carefully is referred to as ..... A) Proof reading. B) Punctuation. C) Word choice. D) Syntax. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Word choice. 2. Good authors use suspense. Which is NOT an example of suspense in the story? A) Eli's dream about turduckens. B) The fear of running out of food. C) All the reasons to mistrust dad. D) Eli trying to figure out the code to escape. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Eli's dream about turduckens. 3. The sections of a poem are called ..... A) Stanzas. B) Paragraphs. C) Verses. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Stanzas. 4. Which literary technique requires the use of lengthy words in describing a simple statement? A) Colloquialism. B) Chiasma. C) Circumlocution. D) Calisthenics. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Circumlocution. 5. "The wind was blowing so hard, the sun was scared to come out." What technique is used here? A) Metaphor. B) Personification. C) Juxtaposition. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Personification. 6. Unrhymed poetry written in iambic petameter is called ..... A) Blank verse. B) End rhyme. C) Haiku. D) Repetition. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Blank verse. 7. A technique that conveys meaning through sound A) Literary Devices. B) Figurative Devices. C) Sound Devices. D) Literal Devices. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sound Devices. 8. Essential parts or ingredients used in literature (Setting, plot, characters, theme/central idea, etc.) are called ..... A) Focus. B) Literary elements. C) Resolutions. D) Literary techniques. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Literary elements. 9. Technique means..... A) The beginning of something. B) The way something is done. C) The time when something is done. D) How many times you do something. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The way something is done. 10. A phrase with two opposite words A) Allusion. B) Alliteration. C) Oxymoron. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Oxymoron. 11. When nonliving things have human like qualities. Example-The sun was smiling down on me. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Idiom. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Personification. 12. The way Joe Starks makes Janie work when she runs away and marries him is an example of what literary technique? A) Dramatic irony. B) Situational irony. C) Verbal irony. D) Understatement. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Situational irony. 13. Symbolism refers to the use of emoji and icons in literature A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 14. Moises has tons of video games. A) Hyperbole. B) Hyperbali. C) Hyperbole. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hyperbole. 15. Which of these best describes a metaphor? A) A comparison using 'like' or 'as'. B) A word which sounds like what it means. C) A comparison which describes something by saying it is something else. D) A description of an object as if it were a person. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A comparison which describes something by saying it is something else. 16. What are the four different types of nouns? A) Modal, concrete, proper, common. B) Common, proper, creative, modal. C) Proper, abstract, concrete, common. D) Common, modal, proper, improper. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Proper, abstract, concrete, common. 17. A brief account of an interesting incident or event that usually is intended to entertain or to make a point. A) Anecdote. B) Simile. C) Flashback. D) Allegory. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Anecdote. 18. Speed in which the plot moves along. A) Point of View. B) Pacing. C) Style. D) Syntax. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pacing. 19. You live your life like a canary in a coalmine. (The Police) A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Personification. D) Imagery. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 20. "The sun was like a large ball of butter" is an example of what literary technique? A) Paradox. B) Personification. C) Simile. D) Oxymoron. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 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