This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Introductions > Techniques > Literary Techniques – Quiz 19 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Literary Techniques Quiz 19 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Use of hints and clues to suggest a future happening in the plot. A) Foreshadowing. B) Detail. C) Conceit. D) Epiphany. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Foreshadowing. 2. It's like rain on your wedding day. (Alanis Morissette) A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Personification. D) Imagery. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 3. What is Epizeuxis? A) Repetition of the same word consecutively. B) Repetition at the end of a sentence or clause. C) Repetition at the start of a sentence or clause. D) Repetition in between sentences or clauses . Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Repetition of the same word consecutively. 4. What is the technique we use to vary our sentence structure? A) Introductory Phrases. B) Characterisation. C) Personification. D) Meaningful Reflection. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Introductory Phrases. 5. A contrast between what is expected and what actually exists or happens. A) Oxymoron. B) Flashback. C) Irony. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Irony. 6. What type of sentence is the following?I have two sisters, but I don't have any brothers. A) Simple. B) Compound. C) Complex. D) Compound complex. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Compound. 7. Which literary technique does Toi Derricotte use in the bold parts of these lines?A father tipsa boy's wheelchair backso he can gazeup at a branchedheaven. A) Alliteration. B) Anaphora. C) Metaphor. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Metaphor. 8. Allusion is when A) A text uses various metaphors to make a point. B) A text refers to another famous text in some way. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A text refers to another famous text in some way. 9. Good authors write lines that make you stop and ponder truths about real life. Which is the best example? A) "Dad's office door was shut.". B) "I realized it was a mistake to assume gentleness was akin with weakness.". C) "Wireless Network Now Connected". D) "I'd been holding my breath.". Show Answer Correct Answer: B) "I realized it was a mistake to assume gentleness was akin with weakness.". 10. Someone says something but means the opposite A) Verbal irony. B) Situational irony. C) Dramatic irony. D) Rhetorical question. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Verbal irony. 11. Clues or hints at what is to come later in a story A) Flashback. B) Symbol. C) Irony. D) Foreshadowing. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Foreshadowing. 12. In The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, the citizens of the Emerald City assume that Oz is great and all-powerful, yet the man behind the curtain is revealed to be an old man with no special powers. What type of irony is used in this summary? A) Verbal. B) Situational. C) Dramatic. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Situational. 13. A comparison using "like" or "as." Ex., My hands are like ice cubes. A) Metaphor. B) Simile. C) Tone. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Simile. 14. Each theme in a story helps to do which of the following? A) Support each character. B) Give reader's clarity about important details. C) Support the author's overall life lesson. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Support the author's overall life lesson. 15. The tone of a piece of text can A) Be indicative of the narrator. B) Signify a change in thought/opinion. C) Influence the readers understanding of the text. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 16. What is the purpose of using literary techniques in poetry? A) To make the poem sound pleasing when read aloud. B) To confuse the reader with complex language. C) To hide the meaning of the poem. D) To make the poem longer. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To make the poem sound pleasing when read aloud. 17. Imagery is a literary device that appeals to the one or more of the five senses. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 18. What is the following an example of?:"It's raining cats and dogs!" A) Onomatopoeia. B) Idiom. C) Euphemism. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Idiom. 19. This literary device might include words like "ain't" and "y'all" . A) Mood. B) Dialect. C) Simile. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Dialect. 20. Syntax is the arrangement of words and phrases to create well-formed sentences in a language A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. ← 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