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Figures Of Speech Quiz 1 (60 MCQs)

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1. A good cook could cook as many cookies as a good cook who could cook cookies.
2. Your mom gave you just enough money to buy a slice of pizza. You are so excited to eat it ..... then it falls cheese first on the ground.
3. The rustling leaves outside my window kept me awake. *Choose the correct figure of speech.
4. She was fairly sure that life was a fashion show.
5. The truth is honey, which is bitter.
6. I would forgive you when pigs fly.
7. Betty blanched and baked before barbecuing.
8. If I can't buy that perfect prom dress, I'll die!
9. Can fish swim? Can birds fly?
10. This homework is a piece of cake that can't be possibly finished today.
11. Attribution of human characteristics to animals, inanimate objects or abstractions in order to make a narration more interesting and lively
12. Charles Shively, 94, passed away at home and went to be with the lord on April 22 2004, from natural causes.
13. "The students kept their eyes, ears and hearts wide open all year round despite academic challenges." This is an example of what figure of speech?
14. "Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.A peck of pickled peppers Peter Piper picked.If Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers, Where's the peck of pickled peppers Peter Piper picked?" is an example of
15. What is a comparison of two unlike things without using the words "like" or "as."
16. Silly sally sat softly is an example of which figure of speech?
17. The boat was tossed like a cork on the waves.
18. Figures of speech mean exactly what the words say.
19. What figure of speech is used in the phrase 'Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers'?
20. I'm drowning in a sea of grief.
21. The sentences below are examples of Metaphor, EXCEPT.
22. Assonance is the repetition of usually initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words or syllable.
23. God's love for us is as deep as the ocean.
24. ROAR! This is an example of which figure of speech?
25. Heaven's smile is a mile wide.
26. But all rest of her clothes were burned black as coal in the flame.
27. I am writing to tell you about why school is fun and how everyone should agree with that ..... is an example of??
28. Tanya never stops talking!
29. What is the figure of speech called when there is a repetition of the same letter at the beginning of the word?
30. Better to reign in Hell than serve in Heaven
31. Repetition of initial consonant sound which draws attention to the phrase and is often used for emphasis
32. You are an excellent goalkeeper, allowing the other side to score six goals.
33. And live alone in bee-loud glade
34. Zian was as brave as a lion.
35. Sandy works like a sloth.
36. What is the figurative meaning of 'The run down house appeared depressed and out of sorts.'
37. What figure of speech is used in the phrase 'the stars danced in the sky'?
38. Identify the figure of speech in the sentence 'I'm so hungry I could eat a horse.'
39. Which of the following are figures of speech?
40. Which of the following is an example of ALLUSION?
41. Identify the Figure of Speech from the following lines: ..... Nor did the wisest wizard guess
42. 6) I have a dream that one day even the state of Mississippi ..... will be transformed into an oasis of freedom and justice. I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the colour of their skin but by the content of their character. I have a dream today!
43. Her grandmother passed away last month.
44. Break a leg when you go on stage.
45. The wind whispered in the trees. This is an example of:
46. "Earth is here so kind, that just tickle her with a hoe and she laughs with a harvest.'
47. Elizabeth said it was no big deal to forgive her sister for their fight last week. "It's water under the bridge, " she assured her.
48. What figure of speech was used in this sentence:The sea mocked us with its laughter.
49. O Hamlet! Thou hast cleft my heart in twain.
50. Which literary device is used when apparently contradictory terms appear in conjunction?
51. 4) Her smile was a ray of sunshine on a cloudy day.
52. A lot of teachers are having a working vacation this summer.
53. Which figure of speech is the speaker using?"We will fight come what may, we will fight on all fronts, we will fight for a thousand years."
54. The sun smiled down on us.
55. Identify the figure of speech in these lines:Teach him to be gentlewith gentle people,
56. "The cat's as fast as a jet on a runway" is an example of a metaphor.
57. "Do as I say not as I do." is an example of .....
58. Pam was skinny enough to jump through a key hole
59. Who can fight life when death steps in?
60. Identify the figure of speech in the following sentence:That person runs like a road-runner.
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