This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Introductions > Techniques > Literary Techniques – Quiz 3 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Literary Techniques Quiz 3 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Perspective from which a story is told. A) Narrator. B) Attitude. C) Point of view. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Point of view. 2. "Out of the very top of it there sprouted hundreds and hundreds of thin glass tubes, and the glass tubes all curled downwards and came together in a bunch and hung suspended over an enormous round tub as big as a bath." A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Idiom. D) Imagery. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Imagery. 3. Which of the following does NOT describe METAPHOR A) A comparison of two things. B) Uses the words "like" or "as". C) The two things being compared are equated. D) It is used to be descriptive. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Uses the words "like" or "as". 4. He packed a copy of Indian in the Cupboard, his favorite book, into his suitcase. A) Appositive. B) Alliteration. C) Simile. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Appositive. 5. The use of words who sounds suggest the actions of the word A) Onomatopoeia. B) Alliteration. C) Assonance. D) Rhyme. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Onomatopoeia. 6. "Dominant religious traditions in this town. Baptist, Mormon-they're everywhere ..... like jam on toast down here" (Kaufman, 35). A) Imagery. B) Repetition. C) Hyperbole. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Simile. 7. Which literary element(s) are seen in this stanza:Did you want to see me broken?Bowed head and lowered eyes?Shoulders falling down like teardrops, Weakened by my soulful cries? A) Imagery. B) Simile. C) Rhyme. D) All of the Above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the Above. 8. The point from which a story is told. (first person, third person, etc.) A) Point of View. B) Narration. C) Climax. D) Plot. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Point of View. 9. Which is the correct spelling of the word: A) Soliloquy. B) Soliloquy. C) Soliloquy. D) Soliloquy. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Soliloquy. 10. Refers to a person or an animal in a story, play or other literary work. A) Character. B) Noun. C) Personification. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Character. 11. Go and mow the lawn.The engineer held the steering to steer the vehicle. A) Assonance. B) Alliteration. C) Sibilance. D) Onomatopoeia. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Assonance. 12. What is the term for a recurring subject, theme, idea, etc., especially in a literary, artistic, or musical work? A) Symbol. B) Motif. C) POV. D) Speaker. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Motif. 13. Public shame or disgrace-which vocabulary word does this definition most closely fit? A) Ignominy. B) Infamy. C) Notoriety. D) Humiliation. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ignominy. 14. Several students had an epiphany when the teacher assigned after school detention for cheating. They had to change their ways. A) Epiphany. B) Dialogue. C) Imagery. D) Irony. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Epiphany. 15. Restatement of a word or phrase to make a point A) Rhyme. B) Rhythm. C) Alliteration. D) Repetition. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Repetition. 16. The exact or dictionary meaning of a word A) Detail. B) Connotation. C) Denotation. D) Diction. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Denotation. 17. Little darling, it's been a long cold lonely winter. (Beatles) A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Personification. D) Imagery. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Personification. 18. The autumn leaves and twigs cracked and crunched underfoot. A) Alliteration. B) Antithesis. C) Parenthesis. D) Onomatopoeia. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Onomatopoeia. 19. A change in movement in a piece from one point, idea, concept, etc. to another; usually signaled by words such as but, then, however. A) Simile. B) Shift. C) Tone. D) Turning point. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Shift. 20. Tempo is ..... A) Technique used in golf. B) How good something is. C) The speed of music fast or slow. D) The beat. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The speed of music fast or slow. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesIntroductions QuizzesLiterary Techniques Quiz 1Literary Techniques Quiz 2Literary Techniques Quiz 4Literary Techniques Quiz 5Literary Techniques Quiz 6Literary Techniques Quiz 7Literary Techniques Quiz 8Literary Techniques Quiz 9Literary Techniques Quiz 10 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books