Figures Of Speech Quiz 12 (30 MCQs)

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1. His shout was like the cry of an eagle ready for battle.
2. "The wind was so cold. The air was so damp I could not move my finger as the wind continued around me" is an emample of
3. The clouds are fluffy cotton candy in the sky.
4. Which figure of speech is the author using?"Love is an ideal thing, marriage a real thing"
5. What is the figure of speech in the sentence 'Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers'?
6. Life is bitter sweet.
7. I couldn't sleep. All I could hear was the drip, drip, drip of the faulty faucet.
8. What is a word or phrase that means something other than what is actually said?
9. 'She swims like a fish.'This is an example of .....
10. The sky misses the sun at night.
11. The players pursued the bouncing ball as fast as they could carry themselves.This is an example of:
12. Onomatopoeia is best described through which example?
13. Our math teacher whispers while she walks
14. Humans need only three things to survive:sustenance, clothing, shelter.
15. Which is the correct spelling of the word below.
16. Mario wanted to rewrite his report, but he had bigger fish to fry.What does the idiom mean in this sentence?
17. '' You blithering bumpkin" is a n example of .....
18. What type of imagery is portrayed in the following sentence?The classroom was quiet.
19. Charlie preferred to eat chocolate chewey cheese flavoured ice-cream.
20. What figure of speech is described as the usage of exaggerated terms in order to emphasize or heighten the effect of something?
21. Two roads diverged in a yellow wood.
22. My mother is so shy and boring. Last night at the magician show, he called her up on stage for her act. It was hilarious!
23. Identify the figure of speech shown in the sentence."Many people passed away because of the endless war of nations."
24. Select the simile
25. He came, he saw, and he conquered.
26. So she put them on the shelf
27. People use figurative language in their daily life.
28. I received a text message from my mom telling me that I should go home tonight. I told my friends to leave them at 9. Then, I had known that the party died as soon as I left the part.
29. 5) 1. I have told you to clean your room a million times, but you still have not done it!
30. "You may shoot me with your words, You may cut me with your eyes, You may kill me with your hatefulness, But still, like air, I'll rise"