This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Writing Style > Figures Of Speech – Quiz 14 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Figures Of Speech Quiz 14 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The moon winked at me through the clouds as if to say I should venture forward.'What object is being personified in the sentence? A) Moon. B) Say. C) Winked. D) Clouds. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Moon. 2. Give an example of a simile. A) Her smile is as bright as the sun. B) Her smile is as radiant as a diamond. C) Her smile is as bright as a lightbulb. D) Her smile is as warm as a cup of tea. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Her smile is as bright as the sun. 3. If you have "opened up a can of worms, " it means: A) You have brought up a funny subject. B) You have brought up a troublesome subject. C) You have brought up a boring subject. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) You have brought up a troublesome subject. 4. "The more you look, the less you see." A) Oxymoron. B) Paradox. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Paradox. 5. I'm on my 14 caratsI'm 14 caratDoing it up like Midas, mhm Now you say I got a touch So good, so good Make you never wanna leave So don't, so don't ..... Selena Gomez "Good For You" What is the allusion? A) 14 carats. B) Midas. C) Wanna. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Midas. 6. Let the floods clap their hands. A) Simile. B) Tautology. C) Personification. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Personification. 7. Figure of speech in which the author makes an obvious exaggeration A) Hyperbole. B) Metaphor. C) Simile. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hyperbole. 8. She stuck the stolen stapler in her suitcase A) Alliteration. B) , personification,. C) Hyperbole. D) Metaphor,. E) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Alliteration. 9. What do you call an elf who sings and prepares presents?A wrapper! A) Pun. B) Irony. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pun. 10. I slept like a log last night. A) Metaphor. B) Hyperbole. C) Simile. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Simile. 11. Identify the figure of speech shown in the sentence."The deafening silence in this room is unbearable." A) Oxymoron. B) Hyperbole. C) Apostrophe. D) Euphemism. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Oxymoron. 12. Mrs. Siberski whispered, "Shhhhh!" during the test. $^{This is an example of ..... }$ A) Alliteration. B) Onomatopoeia. C) Neither. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Onomatopoeia. 13. "The child was playing with a big toy named Tiny" is an example of ..... A) Pun. B) Paradox. C) Understatement. D) Irony. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Irony. 14. What is giving human characteristics to inanimate objects? A) Metaphor. B) Allusion. C) Hyperbole. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Personification. 15. Every tinkle on the shingles has an echo in the heart. A) Anastrophe. B) Euphemism. C) Personification. D) Onomatopoeia. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Onomatopoeia. 16. In the sentence 'The wind whispered through the trees', what figure of speech is being used? A) Personification. B) Metaphor. C) Hyperbole. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Personification. 17. The first time I saw her, she looked like Snow White. A) Simile. B) Onomatopoeia. C) Metaphor. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 18. Their house was dirtier than a pig's pen. A) Personification. B) Hyperbole. C) Metaphor. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hyperbole. 19. Which figure of speech is used in the line "He is the Shakespeare of the class." ? A) Assonance. B) Metaphor. C) Irony. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 20. Blow-by-blow, the reporters busily broadcasted the happenings. A) IDIOM. B) ALLITERATION. C) ASSONANCE. D) IRONY. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) ALLITERATION. 21. How is the allusion Adam and Eve commonly used? A) Committing a sin. B) Being in lovebeing in love. C) Being lazy. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Committing a sin. 22. Identify the figure of speech shown in the sentence. "The truth was like a bad taste on his tongue." A) Simile. B) Personification. C) Metaphor. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 23. Mr. Felix is a tree that can withstand any storm. A) Irony. B) Personification. C) Metaphor. D) Hyperbole. E) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Metaphor. 24. The cookies are awfully good! A) Oxymoron. B) Paradox. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Oxymoron. 25. The child sneaked like a ninja past the sleeping dog. A) Hyperbole. B) Simile. C) Personification. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Simile. 26. Tom was a tornado moving through the classroom. A) Personification. B) Idiom. C) Metaphor. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Metaphor. 27. In the sentence "The moon was a silver coin in the sky, " which figurative language is used? A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Personification. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 28. What do we call two contradictory words used together to signify two different but exact ideas. A) Oxymoron. B) Irony. C) Onomatopoeia. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Oxymoron. 29. Identify the figure of speech in this sentence:I have never seen anyone so tall, he was taller than the Burj Khalifa A) Hyperbole. B) Personification. C) Onomatopoeia. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hyperbole. 30. Identify the figure of speech shown in the sentence."The pen is mightier than the sword." A) Oxymoron. B) Synecdoche. C) Metonymy. D) Paradox. 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