Literary Techniques Quiz 35 (20 MCQs)

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1. Which technique is being used here:With adrenaline coursing through my veins, I placed the rest of the money back.
2. The roaring of an engine provides us with what figure of speech?
3. Saying "he passed away" instead of "he died" is an example of:
4. He looked like an upturned parsnip
5. What type of conflict is used in this statement? Hurricane Katrina destroying a person's house and livelihood
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.
7. The world is a vampire. (Smashing Pumpkins)
8. It refers to a story that precedes events in the story being told-past events or background that add meaning to current circumstances.
9. "I can't accept any responsibility."
10. "Black is the colour of night. White is the true colour of death."
11. I miss you like the slow rain and blue nights. (Sade)
12. "My incomplete I & S essay stared at me from my computer screen."
13. A repetition of vowel sounds within a line
14. Word choice is:
15. "The wind howled outside."
16. "I felt rotten about it at the time and now I feel a lot worse." An interesting technique is:
17. All of the following are true about multiple themes except for which answer choice?
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.
19. Literary elements and Literary techniques fal under the umbrella family of
20. Mood is the feeling created in a poem or story.