This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Writing Style > Figures Of Speech – Quiz 17 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Figures Of Speech Quiz 17 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What figure of speech is this it is a beautiful ugly gown you are wearing A) Oxymoron. B) Alliteration. C) Metaphor. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Oxymoron. 2. I slept like a rock last night. A) Personification. B) Simile. C) Metaphor. D) Imagery. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Simile. 3. Which form of figurative speech is this an example of? Ring Ring! My father kept calling me. A) Onomatopoeia. B) Hyperbole. C) Alliteration. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Onomatopoeia. 4. It's raining pizza and burger. A) Metaphor. B) Hyperbole. C) Personification. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hyperbole. 5. The angry storm pounded the tin shelter. A) PERSONIFICATION. B) HYPERBOLE. C) METAPHOR. D) SIMILE. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) PERSONIFICATION. 6. "i can read you like a magazine" A) Simile. B) Oxymoron. C) Metaphor. D) Irony. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Metaphor. 7. This class is so loud, it causes the windows to crack. A) Hyperbole. B) Alliteration. C) Personification. D) Euphemism. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hyperbole. 8. Many are called, but few are chosen. A) Apostrophe. B) Antithesis. C) Personification. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Antithesis. 9. "Filipinos are as pliant as the bamboo." This is an example of what figure of speech? A) Metaphor. B) Simile. C) Hyperbole. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Simile. 10. The whole world was staring at me. A) Metaphor. B) Personification. C) Hyperbole. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hyperbole. 11. 'The lumpy bumpy road'This sentence is an example of: A) Alliteration. B) Consonance. C) Assonance. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Consonance. 12. Taste you sweet as plump plums, bitter as old lemons A) Idiom. B) Simile. C) Metaphor. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Simile. 13. Till my heart became dry, and it seemed to me A) Personification. B) Metaphor. C) Hyperbole. D) Repetition. E) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 14. Hyperbole is an exaggerated statement to emphasize a point. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 15. "I spent all morning cleaning and my home was as clean as a whistle" A) Personification. B) Hyperbole. C) Simile. D) Oxymoron. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Simile. 16. Select the metaphor A) This place is very dirty. B) This place is a dump. C) This place is very smelly. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) This place is a dump. 17. My father brought me new wheels is an example of? A) Hyperbole. B) Synecdoche. C) Irony. D) Allusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Synecdoche. 18. What is the figure of speech called when words imitate and reproduce real-life sounds and actions? A) Assonance. B) Personification. C) Onomatopoeia. D) Hyperbole. E) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Onomatopoeia. 19. This room is as cold as ice. A) SIMILE. B) HYPERBOLE. C) METAPHOR. D) PERSONIFICATION. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) SIMILE. 20. Her eyes were darting torches. What figure of speech is used in the sentence? A) Hyperbole. B) Metaphor. C) Personification. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 21. Which literary device is exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally? A) Personification. B) Metaphor. C) Hyperbole. D) Allusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hyperbole. 22. What kind of figure of speech is used to affirm by negating the opposite? A) Synecdoche. B) Apostrophe. C) Litotes. D) Metonymy. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Litotes. 23. What figure of speech is used in the phrase 'time is a thief'? A) Personification. B) Hyperbole. C) Simile. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Metaphor. 24. Which of the following words does not imitate a sound? A) Clap. B) Buzz. C) Rough. D) Thud. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Rough. 25. My math teacher said, "You passed this test by the skin of your teeth. Why don't you stay after school for some tutoring?"What did the teacher mean? A) I did really well. B) I barely passed the test. C) I failed the test miserably. D) I failed the test, but I was close. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) I barely passed the test. 26. Roll on, thou dark and deep ocean. Roll!" is an example of? A) Simile. B) Irony. C) Hyperbole. D) Apostrophe. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Apostrophe. 27. Betty bought butter but the butter was bitter. A) Hyperbole. B) Alliteration. C) Onomatopoeia. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Alliteration. 28. Which figure of speech is present in the phrase "whispering winds" ? A) Onomatopoeia. B) Euphemism. C) Assonance. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Alliteration. 29. Add one cup boiling hot water to the mixture. A) Simili. B) Tautology. C) Personification. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Tautology. 30. Henry was a walking dictionary.What does the metaphor mean in this sentence? A) He knew the meanings of many words. B) He was carrying a book. C) He had to write a report. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He knew the meanings of many words. 31. Complete the following sentence:Assonance is the repetition of ..... A) Vowels. B) Consonants. C) Rhymes. D) Sounds. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Vowels. 32. "mouse-heads is rrrolling across the floors like marbles" is an example of ..... A) Metaphor. B) Alliteration. C) Simile. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Simile. 33. He sneak inside the house like a sly cat. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Personification. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 34. The cracked earth was as dry as sandpaper. A) SIMILE. B) HYPERBOLE. C) METAPHOR. D) ONOMATOPOEIA. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) SIMILE. 35. 3) The river sang a soothing lullaby as it flowed peacefully. A) Simile. B) Personification. C) Onomatopoeia. D) Anaphora. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Personification. 36. In leaves mo step had trodden black. A) Anastrophe and Litotes. B) Litotes and climax. C) Anastrophe and climax. D) Simile and alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Anastrophe and Litotes. 37. Whoosh. What is the Figure of Speech here? A) Simile. B) Onomatopeia. C) Oxymoron. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Onomatopeia. 38. The meal and the company were delicious. A) Personification. B) Hyperbole. C) Litotes. D) Zeugma. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Zeugma. 39. What type of figure of speech is present in this sentence?You're like a lioness. A) Simile. B) Onomatopoeia. C) Hyperbole. D) Metaphor. E) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 40. A type of figurative language that exaggerates subjects is called: A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Alliteration. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hyperbole. 41. The kid is a walking encyclopaedia. Which figure of speech is this example of? A) Onomatopoeia. B) Metaphor. C) Simile. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 42. There will be a mountain of dishes I need to wash after the party. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Hyperbole. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hyperbole. 43. "Pretty Ugly" is an example of which Figure of Speech? A) Oxymoron. B) Irony. C) Hyperbole. D) Pun. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Oxymoron. 44. "Oh light! Where are you coming from?" is an example of ..... A) Synechdoche. B) Personification. C) Metonymy. D) Apostrophe. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Apostrophe. 45. Why, man, if the river were dry, I am able to fill it with tears. A) Apostrophe. B) Metaphor. C) Hyperbole. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hyperbole. 46. 'Rain races, ripping and restless in it's rage'This sentence is an example of: A) Alliteration. B) Assonance. C) Consonance. D) Onomatopoeia. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Alliteration. 47. My dad knows everything about cars A) Alliteration. B) Metaphor. C) Simile. D) , hyperbole,. E) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) , hyperbole,. 48. Deliberate exaggeration which draws the attention to a message that you want to emphasise A) Metaphor. B) Personification. C) Hyperbole. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hyperbole. 49. 'I am so hungry, I could eat a horse' means that I can eat the same amount of meat that a horse has. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 50. Pat planted the pretty pink poppies in the pot.Which figure of speech is used in the sentence? A) Simile. B) Alliteration. C) Assonance. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Alliteration. 51. Which figure of speech is used in the sentence 'The thunder roared angrily'? A) Hyperbole. B) Metaphor. C) Personification. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Personification. 52. The clouds cried tears of joy. A) Metaphor. B) Personification. C) Simile. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Personification. 53. The sofa is looking at me invitingly. A) Simile. B) Personification. C) Metaphor. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Personification. 54. THE PERSON IN CHARGE; THE PERSON WHO IS THE BEST AT SOMETHING A) Make a beeline. B) Top Dog. C) Time stood still. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Top Dog. 55. What are figures of speech? A) Language that is used in a non-literal way. B) Famous people who gave speeches. C) When someone talks about numbers. D) The actual meaning of words. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Language that is used in a non-literal way. 56. Which term refers to the attribution of human characteristics to non-human things? A) Hyperbole. B) Personification. C) Paradox. D) Anthropomorphism. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Anthropomorphism. 57. A direct comparison in which two things are compared directly by using 'like' (A is like B.) A) Hyperbole. B) Simile. C) Metaphor. D) Antithesis. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Simile. 58. That must have cost a billion dollars. A) Metaphor. B) Simile. C) Hyperbole. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hyperbole. 59. What figure of speech is being asked? "He has the patience of Job." A) Allusion. B) Irony. C) Apostrophe. D) Synecdoche. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Allusion. 60. Repetition of words or sounds is called Imagery. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. 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