Literary Techniques Quiz 29 (20 MCQs)

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1. What is anticipation of the outcome of a plot or of the solution to an uncertainty, puzzle, or mystery, particularly as it affects a character for whom one has sympathy?
2. The seahorse spiraled, seeking safety and solace.
3. Where does a hook or lead appear in an essay?
4. Rhyme in which there is a repetition of beginning consonant sounds
5. You start to freeze as horror looks you right between the eyes. (Michael Jackson)
6. Which technique is being used here:My heart started beating furiously in my chest.
7. Handsome, you're a mansion with a view. (Taylor Swift)
8. Which of the following statements is the best deus ex machina definition?
9. Non-rhyming poetry, usually written in iambic pentameter.
10. What literary technique involves using a word or phrase to represent something else?
11. When the author takes the reader back in time to share an important memory.
12. His face was as red as a beet.
13. Which one is different?
14. It is a "piece of cake" for Jack to ride his bicycle. The italicized word is an example of
15. Harry Potter's Lord Voldemort makes use of what literary technique in making a supreme declaration of his name?
16. "How you doin'?" is an example of
17. The sergeant barked in the soldier's face
18. The central character of a story, the one who initiates the action
19. Literary techniques that create visual representations in our mind in such a way that they appeal to our physical senses. Example:The room was dark and gloomy.
20. "vile wind " and "cold day" are examples of .....