This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Introductions > Techniques > Literary Techniques – Quiz 24 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Literary Techniques Quiz 24 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. If something is subjective, it: A) Contains an opinion. B) Is black and white. C) Has no opinion attached. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Contains an opinion. 2. Words the author uses to show how they feel about a given topic A) Mood. B) Perspective. C) Tone. D) Rising Action. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Tone. 3. Good authors use foreshadowing to hint at things to come. Which is NOT an example of foreshadowing? A) A mention of Eli avoiding the yellow room. B) Eli finding the computer with internet capability. C) Lexie's ability to dance. D) Eli finding the note that says "Tell Phil". Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Lexie's ability to dance. 4. "Oh-how horrible!" Technique: A) Exclamation. B) Question. C) Statement. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Exclamation. 5. Which word means "the style of speaking or writing determined by the choice of words by a writer" ? A) Characterize. B) Synecdoche. C) Tone. D) Diction. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Diction. 6. The writer provides hints that suggest future events in the story. A) Alliteration. B) Foreshadowing. C) Irony. D) Symbolism. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Foreshadowing. 7. "Don't lose your heads!" A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Idiom. D) Imagery. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Idiom. 8. Which of these is NOT a preposition? A) Beneath. B) Because. C) Above. D) Between. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Because. 9. "My love is like a red, red rose."This is an exaple of a A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Hyperbole. D) Euphemism. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 10. A person says or writes one thing and means another-like "Nice going, Einstein!" A) Verbal irony. B) Hyperbole. C) Dramatic irony. D) Symbolism. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Verbal irony. 11. The deliberate suggestion of two or more different and sometimes conflicting meanings in a work. A) Allegory. B) Alliteration. C) Analogy. D) Ambiguity. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Ambiguity. 12. "I think good things will come to those who patiently wait. I also look into the beauty of each human being regardless of their culture, status and backgrounds. Lastly, I believe that everyone can change when they see inspiration whether it's spiritual, physical, moral or emotional." What is the theme of this statement? A) Prejudice. B) Poverty. C) Positivity. D) Piousness. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Positivity. 13. It is the use of the words in such a way in which the intended meaning is completely opposite to their literal meaning. A) Irony. B) Opposite. C) Imagery. D) Allegory. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Irony. 14. What is a secondary character whose own character traits are completely opposite of another character's? A) Ellipsis. B) Simile. C) Dramatic foil. D) Foreshadowing. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Dramatic foil. 15. "Your bag weighs a TON!" is an example of: A) Repetition. B) Hyperbole. C) Simile. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hyperbole. 16. Which of the following lines demonstrates the use of SPEECH SOUNDS for emphasis? A) Round about the cauldron go; In the poison'd entrails throw. B) Oh, how the evening light fades over the lake!. C) What did I know, what did I know of love's lonely duties?. D) Break, break, break, On thy cold gray stones, O Sea!. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Break, break, break, On thy cold gray stones, O Sea!. 17. A character in a story or poem who deceives, frustrates, or works against the main character, or protagonist in some way A) Protagonist. B) Hero. C) Antagonist. D) Tragic Hero. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Antagonist. 18. "The memories from that birthday party were a tornado swirling around my brain." A) Metonymy. B) Litotes. C) Metaphor. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Metaphor. 19. He received a big brown bag of bananas for his birthday. A) Personification. B) Simile. C) Appositive. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Alliteration. 20. A phrase that brings together two contradictory phrases is called ..... A) Onomatopoeia. B) Alliteration. C) Oxymoron. D) Blank Verse. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Oxymoron. ← 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