Figures Of Speech Quiz 13 (60 MCQs)

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1. What figure of speech is used in this sentence?"After years of being married, they decided to split because of multiple fights."
2. The wind wrapped its icy fingers around my body.
3. "Friends, Romans, Countrymen, lend me your ears." Julius Caesar
4. War is peace; freedom is slavery; ignorance is strength.
5. Ito ay pagpapalabis sa normal upang bigyan ng kaigtingan ang nais ipahayag.
6. Choose the conjunction that express reason
7. That beauty was a thing fashioned by the traders in words. Tired I shut the book and snuffed the candle.
8. The kids were wild monkeys today.
9. The dog barked at the visitor.
10. The green giraffe laughs at the path.What figure of speech is there in the sentence above?
11. Compare two things that are different from each other with the use of as and like.
12. She was the rose in a garden filled with thorns. What figure of speech was used here?
13. She was so scared that she turned as white as a ghost.
14. "WHAMM" is an onomantopoeia
15. Choose the definition of:Figurative language
16. Our eyes and facial expressions can communicate every subtle ..... of emotion.
17. The children's feet squished in the mud.
18. Simile is a direct comparison between two unlike things.
19. My backpack weighs a ton is an example of:
20. Walking into an empty theater and asking, "it's too crowded" .
21. 'Sheep should sleep in a shed.' Which tool is used?
22. Is this an Example of Metaphor? "I love getting into bed, I feel as snug as a bug in a rug"
23. The players pursued the bouncing ball as fast as they could carry themselves.$_{This is an example of:}$
24. Politicians are powerful but some of them are incompetent. That is why justice is blind and, at times, deaf.
25. Crooks conspire with the kind king.
26. What does the quote below mean?"Experience is a hard teacher because she gives the test first, the lesson afterward."
27. Simile is a figure of speech that describes an object or action in a way that isn't literally true, but helps explain an idea or make a comparison.
28. Identify the figure of speech in these lines:But teach him also that for every scoundrel there is a hero;
29. What does the idiom "burning the candle at both ends" mean?
30. "Oh, you foolish car, you never work when I need you to, " Bert sighed.
31. You are very pretty like Cinderella.
32. Distinguish whether the following sentence is literal or figurative: "The computer screen was as bright as the sun."
33. She has a million friends.(Mark the figure of speech)
34. 'He's running faster than the wind.'This is an example of .....
35. What is the figure of speech used in the line "He had to work for ages to get to this position." ?
36. "And miles to go before I sleep, and miles to go before I sleep." (Identify the figure of speech)
37. An allusion is a figure of speech that refers to a well known story or event refers to something without mentioning it directly (ANA)
38. King Richard was as brave as a lion.
39. Mike Kennedy's coffee was as cold as the snow that was falling outside
40. The COVID-19 virus is a silent killer.
41. A figure of speech has to be interpreted by the reader or listener.
42. Which figure of speech is the author using?"I've told you to stop a million times"
43. The repetition of the same initial consonant sound in the series of words is called
44. 'Silence your cellphone so that it does not beep during the movie.' This is an example of .....
45. What type of figure of speech is present in this sentence?The cat meowed at the dog from the window.
46. Thou still unravished bride of quiteness, Thou foster child of silence and slow time.
47. How many figures of speech do we have?
48. Reading while sunbathing makes you well red.
49. The trees and flowers are dancing in her garden
50. Mr. Sharma thought the sweets were calling him.
51. What type of imagery is portrayed in the following sentence?The house is spooky.
52. The chair sat sternly, ready to receive its master.
53. People liked a picture on how useless Facebook is on Facebook.
54. The cat's ..... told me it was happy.
55. Analyze the use of personification in the sentence: "The smartphone hummed with notifications."
56. Use of words to express the opposite of the literal meaning
57. 'Lightning danced across the sky.' Which type of figurative tool is used?
58. A figure of speech is a deviation from the ordinary use of words in order to increase their effectiveness.
59. Which figure of speech is used in the sentence 'It's raining cats and dogs'?
60. Substituting the word "euthanasia" for "mercy killing" or "killing the terminally ill" is an example of which of the following figures of speech (APP)