This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Writing Style > Figures Of Speech – Quiz 15 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Figures Of Speech Quiz 15 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Identify the figure of speech in the following sentence:'She sells seashells by the seashore.' A) Alliteration. B) Assonance. C) Metaphor. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Alliteration. 2. "And Joshua, and all of Israel with him, took Achan the son of Zerah, and the silver, and the garment, and the wedge of gold, and his sons, and his daughters, and his oxen, and his asses, and his sheep, and his tent, and all that he had." A) Polysyndeton. B) Anaphora. C) Hendiadys. D) Rhetorical Question. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Polysyndeton. 3. A brief reference to a famous historical figure or event, like from a movie or a book. A) Alliteration. B) Hyperbole. C) Assonance. D) Allusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Allusion. 4. The sentences below are examples of Simile, EXCEPT. A) Rey's t-shirt is as bright as gold. B) You are the apple of my eye. C) You are as sweet as sugar. D) Rhea is like a butterfly. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) You are the apple of my eye. 5. Jennider's eyes were diamonds at the party; always bright and sparkling! A) Personification. B) Hyperbole. C) Simile. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Metaphor. 6. You're as light as a feather. A) Alliteration. B) Simile. C) Metaphor. D) Imagery. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Simile. 7. What figure of speech was used in this sentence:Roll on, thou dark and deep blue Ocean ..... roll! A) Simile. B) Personification. C) Metaphor. D) Apostrophe. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Personification. 8. The visually-impaired man rode with his service dog. A) Metonymy. B) Euphemism. C) Apostrophe. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Euphemism. 9. I have been experiencing financial and emotional crisis since my brother passed away. Life is really a roller coaster of emotions. A) IRONY. B) LITERAL. C) METAPHOR. D) IDIOM. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) METAPHOR. 10. Do not be comfortable with your laurels yet, as the bigger victory is to win the war, not the battle. A) Metonymy. B) Euphemism. C) Apostrophe. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Metonymy. 11. It brought joy and cheer. A) Tautology. B) Personification. C) Oxymoron. D) Pun. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tautology. 12. The phrase "Passed away" instead of "died" is an example of ..... A) Metaphor. B) Simile. C) Euphemism. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Euphemism. 13. Complete the following sentence:Assonance is the repetition of ..... sounds. A) Harsh. B) Consonant. C) Vowel. D) Rhyme. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Vowel. 14. What kind of figure of speech represents the sound of what is being described? A) Metaphor. B) Metonymy. C) Onomatopoeia. D) Irony. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Onomatopoeia. 15. What is the following an example of? "Peter Piper Picked a Peck of Pickled Peppers" A) Idiom. B) Alliteration. C) Hyperbole. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Alliteration. 16. Peter planted petunias. A) Alliteration. B) Hyperbole. C) Onomatopoeia. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Alliteration. 17. I got blinded by his smile. A) Hyperbole. B) Personification. C) Metaphor. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hyperbole. 18. Metaphor 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. A) FALSE. B) TRUE. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) TRUE. 19. Death lays his icy hands on kings. A) Epigram. B) Apostrophe. C) Personification. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Personification. 20. "Adding fuel to the fire" can mean: A) Making a good situation better. B) Making a bad situation worse. C) Making the room hotter. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Making a bad situation worse. 21. An opportunity finally knocked at his door is an example of which figure of speech? A) Personification. B) Hypernite. C) Metaphor. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Personification. 22. Things aren't always going to go your way. Life isn't a bed of roses, you know. A) Sweet-smelling. B) Full of thorns. C) Easy and comfortable. D) Painful and difficult. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Easy and comfortable. 23. Personification is when you give a nonhuman thing a human characteristic. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 24. Identify the figure of speech shown in the sentence."Cries of sorrow rose from the village and reached the sky." A) Oxymoron. B) Euphemism. C) Irony. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hyperbole. 25. Two figures of speech that have to do with word sounds are: A) Metaphor and simile. B) Personification and idiom. C) Alliteration and onomatopoeia. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Alliteration and onomatopoeia. 26. '' vee shall make to disappear every single smelly little brat" is an exampleof ..... A) Alliteration. B) Simile. C) Metaphor. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Alliteration. 27. Identify the figure of speech in these lines:But also give him quiet time to ponder the eternal mystery of birds in the sky, bees in the sun, and the flowers on a green hillside. A) Gustatory imagery (engages the sense of taste). B) Tactile imagery (engages the sense of touch). C) Visual Imagery (engages the sense of sight.). D) Auditory imagery (engages the sense of hearing). Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Visual Imagery (engages the sense of sight.). 28. An exaggeration of statements or claims that are not meant to be taken literally is a ..... A) Simile. B) Personification. C) Metaphor. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hyperbole. 29. There is a deafening silence in the library. A) Oxymoron. B) Paradox. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Oxymoron. 30. The sun is smiling at us. A) Simile. B) Personification. C) Metaphor. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Personification. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesGrammar QuizzesEnglish Grammar QuizzesFigures Of Speech Quiz 1Figures Of Speech Quiz 2Figures Of Speech Quiz 3Figures Of Speech Quiz 4Figures Of Speech Quiz 5Figures Of Speech Quiz 6Figures Of Speech Quiz 7Figures Of Speech Quiz 8 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books