This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Introductions > Techniques > Literary Techniques – Quiz 32 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Literary Techniques Quiz 32 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. I want to go to the scouts. I also want to study for my big test. This is an example of ..... A) How school ruins everything. B) An internal conflict. C) Something I would never say to myself. D) "an internal conflict" is the only serious answer here. I better go back up and choose it. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) An internal conflict. 2. "The nap that I took was medicine for my soul." A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Chromulous. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 3. Author's attitude about a subject A) Mood. B) Tone. C) Jargon. D) Idioms. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Tone. 4. The moment in the story where a character achieves realization, awareness or feeling of knowledge after which events are depicted in a different light A) Epiphany. B) Euphony. C) Enjambment. D) Foil. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Epiphany. 5. A figure of speech that references a person, place, thing, or event. Each of these concepts can be real or imaginary, referring to anything from fiction to folklore to historical events and religious texts A) Parallelism. B) Paradox. C) Juxtaposition. D) Allusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Allusion. 6. Occurs when what happens in the story is opposite of what is expected to happen A) Verbal Irony. B) Dramatic Irony. C) Situational Irony. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Situational Irony. 7. What is Shuffle Along? A) A musical (like a play with singing and dancing). B) A poem. C) A speech. D) A book. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A musical (like a play with singing and dancing). 8. What imagery type is presented by this excerpt:I decided to leave the room when our English teacher announced that members of the class might exchange gifts. I felt fortunate; Pete was at the door, beckoning to me. We walked out to the porch where, Pete said, he would tell me a secret. A) Tactile Imagery. B) Gustatory Imagery. C) Auditory Imagery. D) Visual Imagery. E) Olfactory Imagery. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tactile Imagery. 9. In this type of conflict, the main character has to face his/her own fears, weaknesses, and feelings. A) Man vs. Society. B) Man vs. Nature. C) Man vs. Man. D) Man vs. Self. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Man vs. Self. 10. What is step 3 of finding theme? A) Create a list of topics. B) Read the text thoroughly. C) Re-write the sentence. D) Write what the author believes about the topic. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Write what the author believes about the topic. 11. What is the Harlem Renaissance? A) A time when black people were slaves. B) A time when all black people moved from the east to the west. C) A time when many black people moved from the South to the North to be free. D) A time of cultural explosion when blacks moved from the South to the North to express their talents. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A time of cultural explosion when blacks moved from the South to the North to express their talents. 12. The exact or dictionary definition of a word A) Denotation. B) Diction. C) Connotation. D) Apostrophe. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Denotation. 13. The author uses words and phrases to create "mental images" for the reader. A) Structure. B) Figurative language. C) Imagery. D) Genre. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Imagery. 14. A contradiction between what is expected and what actually is-or appearance versus reality; includes verbal, situational and dramatic. A) Imagery. B) Pun. C) Irony. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Irony. 15. "The wise fool is burnig my taco" employs what kind of literary device? A) Metaphor. B) Inference. C) Oxymoron. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Oxymoron. 16. The development of a character. A) Personification. B) Character Sketch. C) Characterization. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Characterization. 17. The wind was like a piercing arrow. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Alliteration. D) Idiom. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 18. Which of the following does NOT describe a SIMILE? A) It is a comparison of two things. B) It uses the words "like" or "as". C) It is used to be descriptive. D) The two things being compared are equated. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The two things being compared are equated. 19. "Old Fickelgruber would give his front teeth to be allowed inside for three minutes!" A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Idiom. D) Imagery. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Idiom. 20. A comparison of two things that have some quality in common. It does NOT use like or as; it simply says one thing is something else. A) Personification. B) Simile. C) Metaphor. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Metaphor. ← 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