This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Introductions > Techniques > Literary Techniques – Quiz 37 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Literary Techniques Quiz 37 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which literary technique is a reference to a story, myth, or historical event? A) Assonance. B) Allusion. C) Metaphor. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Allusion. 2. "You'll hear some people say war is inevitable ..... fiddlesticks!" The technique here is: A) Imagery. B) Dramatic irony. C) Alliteration. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Dramatic irony. 3. The author includes vivid descriptions in his/her writing, appealing to our senses A) Imagery. B) Picture-painting. C) Analogy. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Imagery. 4. Which tone is seen in the following lines:When Joey came in late to class for the fourth time, his teacher said: "Joey, so nice to see you here-bright and early." A) Serious. B) Angry. C) Sarcastic. D) Happy. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sarcastic. 5. Give human qualities to animals or objects A) Pun. B) Personification. C) Idiom. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Personification. 6. Sentences such as "Nonpeople rented for a few hours, a few days, a few weeks" (53) are examples of A) Multi-connectors. B) Unrelated. C) Anaphora. D) Dependent clauses. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Unrelated. 7. The point in the plot that creates the greatest intensity, suspense, or interest. Often referred to a the "turning point" A) Foil. B) Rising Action. C) Denomination. D) Climax. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Climax. 8. A contradictory statement or situation, or in other words, states the opposite of reality; it's the difference between what appears to be and what actually is A) Rhetorical Question. B) Dialect. C) Irony. D) Imagery. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Irony. 9. Feelings a piece of writing expresses by the words used A) Tone. B) Mood. C) Jargon. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mood. 10. The trees stood as tall as towers. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Onomatopoeia. D) Assonance. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 11. An example of a Hyperbole is ..... A) The giraffe was taller than me. B) The book weighed a tonne. C) The candy was soft like cotton. D) The ball rolled rapidly round. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The book weighed a tonne. 12. Example ..... "Bob brought baked beans to the party. A) Idiom. B) Personification. C) Alliteration. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Alliteration. 13. Which word means "to make an idea, impression, or feeling known or understandable to someone" ? A) Analyze. B) Convey. C) Form. D) Syntax. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Convey. 14. Giving human like qualities to non-human things (the tree waved to me) A) Idioms. B) Allusions. C) Personification. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Personification. 15. What is the following an example of?:"I'm sorry to say that he passed away" A) Euphemism. B) Hyperbole. C) Simile. D) Adverb. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Euphemism. 16. Referring to something famous for emphasis (e.g. Shakespeare) A) Idioms. B) Couplet. C) Allusion. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Allusion. 17. An example of juxtaposition is ..... A) Calm and Chaos. B) Despair and Hope. C) Fact and Fiction. D) All of the Above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the Above. 18. She sells sea shells by the see shore is an example of: A) Alliteration. B) Personification. C) Metaphor. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Alliteration. 19. Which of these statements is a metaphor? A) He is a liar and a master at manipulation. B) She kicked the bucket only a fortnight ago. C) Ameerah and Faith are two peas in a pod. D) I do not like mincing words when speaking to others. . Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ameerah and Faith are two peas in a pod. 20. I'm so hungry! I could eat a slice of pie! A) Hyperbole. B) Not a hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Not a hyperbole. ← 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