This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Introductions > Techniques > Literary Techniques – Quiz 35 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Literary Techniques Quiz 35 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which technique is being used here:With adrenaline coursing through my veins, I placed the rest of the money back. A) Show not tell. B) Character thoughts. C) Dialogue. D) 5 senses. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Show not tell. 2. The roaring of an engine provides us with what figure of speech? A) Irony. B) Imagery. C) Impertinence. D) Irrascibility . Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Imagery. 3. Saying "he passed away" instead of "he died" is an example of: A) Euphemism. B) Metaphor. C) Simile. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Euphemism. 4. He looked like an upturned parsnip A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Personification. D) Pathetic fallacy. E) A combination. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 5. What type of conflict is used in this statement? Hurricane Katrina destroying a person's house and livelihood A) Man vs. man. B) Man vs. himself. C) Man vs. nature. D) Man vs. society. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Man vs. nature. 6. Which literary technique does Robert Frost use in the bold parts of these lines?They must be pierced by flowers and putBeneath the feet of dancing flowers. A) Anaphora. B) Imagery. C) Personification. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Personification. 7. The world is a vampire. (Smashing Pumpkins) A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Personification. D) Imagery. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 8. It refers to a story that precedes events in the story being told-past events or background that add meaning to current circumstances. A) Anagram. B) Analogy. C) Backstory. D) Flash forward. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Backstory. 9. "I can't accept any responsibility." A) Metaphor. B) Blunt statement. C) Word choice. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Blunt statement. 10. "Black is the colour of night. White is the true colour of death." A) Hyperbole. B) Repetition. C) Setting. D) Symbolism. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Symbolism. 11. I miss you like the slow rain and blue nights. (Sade) A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Personification. D) Imagery. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 12. "My incomplete I & S essay stared at me from my computer screen." A) Metonymy. B) Anonymy. C) Personification. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Personification. 13. A repetition of vowel sounds within a line A) Consonance. B) Alliteration. C) Assonance. D) Anecdote. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Assonance. 14. Word choice is: A) When words are placed in an unusual order in a sentence for dramatic effect. B) When writers deliberately use a certain word to impact their audience. C) An example of powerful sentence structure. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) When writers deliberately use a certain word to impact their audience. 15. "The wind howled outside." A) Characterization. B) Hyperbole. C) Personification. D) Repetition. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Personification. 16. "I felt rotten about it at the time and now I feel a lot worse." An interesting technique is: A) Word choice. B) Metaphor. C) Irony. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Word choice. 17. All of the following are true about multiple themes except for which answer choice? A) Helps guide the reader through the story. B) Creates a richer experience for the reader. C) Helps the reader learn something about each character's journey. D) Allows the book to be appropriate for several different audiences. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Helps guide the reader through the story. 18. An imitation of a writer, artist, subject, or genre in such a way as to make fun of or comment on the original work. A) Motif. B) Parody. C) Symbol. D) Stream of consciousness. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Parody. 19. Literary elements and Literary techniques fal under the umbrella family of A) Literary devices. B) Literary approaches. C) Literary concepts. D) Tips for excellent writing. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Literary devices. 20. Mood is the feeling created in a poem or story. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. ← 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