This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Writing Style > Figures Of Speech – Quiz 16 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Figures Of Speech Quiz 16 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. I was awaken with a start at the loud beep of my alarm clock. A) Simile. B) Onomatopoeia. C) Personification. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Onomatopoeia. 2. Identify the figure of speech-1) Writers use literary devices in their poems, like artists blending colours on a canvas. A) Onomatopoeia. B) Metaphor. C) Simile. D) Anaphora. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Simile. 3. I ran a million miles A) Metaphor. B) Hyperbole. C) Personification. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hyperbole. 4. What figure of speech is present in the sentence 'The alarm clock screamed at me to wake up'? A) Simile. B) Personification. C) Hyperbole. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Personification. 5. Choose the definition of:Imagery A) Uses the five senses to create a mental picture. B) Type of figurative language that makes a comparison between two unlike things by using the words like or as. C) Word or phrase that describes one thing in terms of another. D) Comparison using extreme exaggeration. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Uses the five senses to create a mental picture. 6. John cried me a river. A) Personification. B) Hyperbole. C) Simile. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hyperbole. 7. My face was as red as a ripe tomato. A) Onomatopoeia. B) Simile. C) Metaphor. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Simile. 8. Pick up the example of simile from the following. A) Time is as important as money. B) Time is money. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Time is as important as money. 9. I so loved reading I was willing to walk 15 miles to the library in the snow, uphill. A) Metaphor. B) Simile. C) Personification. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hyperbole. 10. Time flies when you're having fun. A) Personification. B) Metaphor. C) Simile. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Personification. 11. Black bug bit a big black bear A) Personification. B) Alliteration. C) Repetition. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Alliteration. 12. Give an example of personification in a sentence. A) The cat meowed at the door. B) The wind whispered through the trees. C) The sun is shining brightly. D) The river flowed gently. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The wind whispered through the trees. 13. "I wore a sweater, and a hat, and a scarf, and a pair of boots, and mittens." A) Asyndeton. B) Polysyndeton. C) Alliteration. D) Anaphora. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Asyndeton. 14. The morning sun rose in the sky, like a golden ball lighting up the world. A) Metaphor. B) Hyperbole. C) Personification. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Simile. 15. "The wind howled through the night like a wolf on the prowl" is an example of which figurative language? A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Personification. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 16. Has two opposite words side by side. A) Oxymoron. B) Irony. C) Simile. D) Paradox. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Paradox. 17. "Dogs' droppings is smelling like violets and prrrimroses compared with children"is an example of ..... A) Alliteration. B) Simile. C) Metaphor. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Simile. 18. Choose the Figure of speech used in the following sentence."He is a fish out of water." A) Metaphor. B) Onomatopoeia. C) Personification. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Metaphor. 19. You can save money by spending it. A) PARADOX. B) LITOTES. C) PUN. D) OXYMORON. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) PARADOX. 20. This is the atmosphere the author has given the piece, typically a fictional piece. A) Tone. B) Mood. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mood. 21. The wind bowed down to her grace. What figure of speech was used here? A) Personification. B) Simile. C) Hyperbole. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Personification. 22. I'm usually as quiet as a mouse during class A) Oxymoron. B) Metaphor. C) Simile. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Simile. 23. I have told you a million times to stop leaving your shoes on the floor. A) Metonymy. B) Hyperbole. C) Alliteration. D) Oxymoron. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hyperbole. 24. My backpack weighed a ton with all of my books in it. A) Simile. B) Irony. C) Idiom. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hyperbole. 25. And he said, "you are too selfish to dwell in a human form. A) Repetition. B) Epigram. C) Alliteration. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Epigram. 26. "Oh nature, thou art my goddess?" A) Synecdoche. B) Apostrophe. C) Verbal irony. D) Metonymy. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Apostrophe. 27. ..... the supermarket ..... the fresh market offer my favorite drink:carrot juice A) Whether/or. B) Both/and. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Both/and. 28. I reminisce on the stress I caused A) Consonance. B) Assonance. C) Alliteration. D) Allusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Consonance. 29. He is a great philosopher, a member of parliament and plays golf well. A) Simile. B) Alliteration. C) Climax. D) Anticlimax. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Anticlimax. 30. My monster truck toy is as big as a Guanacaste tree A) Metaphor. B) Simile. C) Alliteration. D) Personification. 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