Literary Techniques Quiz 7 (20 MCQs)

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1. "Like the Nazis, ante bellum whites had known quite a bit more than I ever wanted to learn" (117). This sentence contains
2. Epiphora is .....
3. "The engine roared" is an example of:
4. Impersonation
5. This choice impacts the audience by giving them something else to connect an idea with or a new way to see a concept
6. "All about him black metal pots were boiling and bubbling on huge stoves, and kettles were hissing and pans were sizzling, and strange iron machines were clanking and sputtering, and there were pipes running all over the ceiling and walls, and the whole place was filled with smoke and steam and delicious rich smells."
7. Combines clashing terms (ex-jumbo shrimp, pretty ugly)
8. An understatement in which the affirmative is expressed by the negation of the opposite.
9. The pilot has a fear of heights is an example of satire
10. Good authors create conflict for their characters. Which is NOT a type of conflict in the story?
11. The use of words and phrases that appeal to the five senses.
12. I saw him woo her like from the tales of old.
13. He is a sneaky fox.
14. What literary technique involves placing two things side by side for comparison or contrast?
15. Hints about what will happen in the future of a text.
16. The wind howled menacingly into the night
17. " ..... he was just lying there by a fence, and I-I just thought it was a scarecrow." (Kaufmann, 43).
18. Attributing human characteristics to nonhuman objects
19. Multiple words or a continuous phrase that authors use to represent people, objects, actions, feelings, and ideas visually by appealing to the senses
20. As flat as a pancake