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Literary Techniques Quiz 20 (20 MCQs)

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1. Which topic sentence is best?
2. He is a timid mouse.
3. Figurative language has ..... meaning
4. Character descriptions that show just how opposite the characters are is a type of juxtaposition known as
5. "You've got this!" Sara cheered, standing on the sidewalk. She watched as her dad followed closely behind her little brother's bike. As he let go, she couldn't help but think of when she first learned to ride a bike. She could still feel her heart racing and remember how scared she was, waiting for her dad to let go. She knew exactly how her brother was feeling.
6. An extended metaphor in which the characters, places, and objects in a narrative carry figurative meaning is a .....
7. There was a deafening silence.
8. What is a figure of speech that directly refers to one thing by mentioning another (as in she is a rose.)? It may provide clarity or identify hidden similarities between two ideas.
9. "they burst out like seeds from a crackling, overripe pod into the veranda"
10. Revealing a minor character to actually be alive near the end.
11. Reporter: "Well, who found the boy, who was out here anyway?" Sgt. Hing: "And I said, 'Well, this is a really popular area for people to run and mountain biking's really big out here, horseback riding, it's just, well it's close to town' " (Kaufman, 23).
12. A recurring object, concept, or structure in a piece of literature
13. In literature, hints about what's to come later in the story are called .....
14. "The flames danced the night away!"
15. The use of words to express something other than and especially the opposite of the literal meaning.
16. What is "Election Day" ?
17. "I didn't want this place to touch him except through me" (59) is an example of which technique?
18. What literary technique is being used in the dialogue from TEWWG below? Janie: "Dat's right. But it must be different at yo' home."
19. Her eyes teared up and she fought the urge to sneeze; the thick dust that clung to every surface in the grimy room was obviously causing an allergic reaction. Would you consider this to be imagery?
20. The pancakes were stacked a mile high.
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