This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Introductions > Techniques > Literary Techniques – Quiz 29 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Literary Techniques Quiz 29 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 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? A) Flashback. B) Foreshadowing. C) Suspense. D) Empathy. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Suspense. 2. The seahorse spiraled, seeking safety and solace. A) Alliteration. B) Antithesis. C) Personification. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Alliteration. 3. Where does a hook or lead appear in an essay? A) First body paragraph. B) Last sentence of the intro. C) First sentence of the paper. D) The conclusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Last sentence of the intro. 4. Rhyme in which there is a repetition of beginning consonant sounds A) Rhyme. B) Alliteration. C) Assonance. D) Repetition. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Alliteration. 5. You start to freeze as horror looks you right between the eyes. (Michael Jackson) A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Personification. D) Imagery. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Personification. 6. Which technique is being used here:My heart started beating furiously in my chest. A) Show not tell. B) Character thoughts. C) Dialogue. D) Slow-motion description. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Show not tell. 7. Handsome, you're a mansion with a view. (Taylor Swift) A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Personification. D) Imagery. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 8. Which of the following statements is the best deus ex machina definition? A) A conclusion to a story that is completely impossible. B) The use of a machine in order to solve a problem, especially if that machine makes the protagonist feel god-like. C) An unexpected turn of events in which a situation that looked inescapable is solved by the contrived appearance of another character, object, or super power. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) An unexpected turn of events in which a situation that looked inescapable is solved by the contrived appearance of another character, object, or super power. 9. Non-rhyming poetry, usually written in iambic pentameter. A) Iambic pentameter. B) Euphemism. C) Blank verse. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Blank verse. 10. What literary technique involves using a word or phrase to represent something else? A) Allusion. B) Conceit. C) Homage. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Allusion. 11. When the author takes the reader back in time to share an important memory. A) Flashback. B) Foreshadowing. C) Flashforward. D) Backshadowing. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Flashback. 12. His face was as red as a beet. A) Metaphor. B) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Simile. 13. Which one is different? A) Seems. B) Could. C) Might. D) Is. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Is. 14. It is a "piece of cake" for Jack to ride his bicycle. The italicized word is an example of A) Imagery. B) Idiom. C) Symbolism. D) Oxymoron. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Idiom. 15. Harry Potter's Lord Voldemort makes use of what literary technique in making a supreme declaration of his name? A) Anagram. B) Chasma. C) Allegory. D) Colloquialism. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Anagram. 16. "How you doin'?" is an example of A) Analogy. B) Chiasma. C) Antithesis. D) Colloquialism. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Colloquialism. 17. The sergeant barked in the soldier's face A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Personification. D) Pathetic fallacy. E) A combination. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 18. The central character of a story, the one who initiates the action A) Narrator. B) Antagonist. C) Protagonist. D) Round character. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Protagonist. 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. A) Imagery. B) Repetition. C) Setting. D) Symbolism. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Imagery. 20. "vile wind " and "cold day" are examples of ..... A) Simile. B) Pathetic fallacy. C) Metaphor. D) Tone. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pathetic fallacy. ← 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