This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Writing Style > Figures Of Speech – Quiz 18 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Figures Of Speech Quiz 18 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Her life was a rainbow of experiences. A) Personification. B) Hyperbole. C) Metaphor. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Metaphor. 2. Your eyes whispered, "have we met?" A) Simile. B) Personification. C) Irony. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Personification. 3. Ugh, my phone, please load my messages. A) Metaphor. B) Apostrophe. C) Simile. D) Hyperbole. E) Irony. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Apostrophe. 4. Determine whether the following sentence is literal or figurative: "The computer hummed like a busy office." A) Literal. B) Figurative. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Figurative. 5. When I saw her smile, a stone rolled away from my heart. A) Cliche. B) Simile. C) Metaphor. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hyperbole. 6. What figure of speech is used in the phrase 'the clock ticked loudly'? A) Personification. B) Alliteration. C) Metaphor. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Personification. 7. This city never sleeps. A) SIMILE. B) METAPHOR. C) PERSONIFICATION. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) PERSONIFICATION. 8. Identify the figure of speech:The carpet was cleaned, but it was still full of kinks and creases. A) Assonance. B) Hyperbole. C) Alliteration. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Alliteration. 9. These high heels are killing me. A) Simile. B) Alliteration. C) Imagery. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hyperbole. 10. It is a comparison of two things using "like" & "as" A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Hyperbole. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 11. The picture says a lot about the man. A) Personification. B) Hyperbole. C) Metaphor. D) Onomatopoeia. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Personification. 12. Identify the figure of speech shown in the sentence."If there's one thing that I know, it's that I don't know anything at all." A) Hyperbole. B) Paradox. C) Oxymoron. D) Euphemism. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Paradox. 13. "Max's personality is as colorful as a box of crayons" is an example of A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 14. Purple pandas painted pictures A) Pun. B) Personification. C) Alliteration. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Alliteration. 15. The following sentence is an example of what figure of speech?I don't like chocolate. A) None. B) Metaphor. C) Simile. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) None. 16. Cause your hot and your cold, your yes and your no ..... the lyrics is an example of A) Metaphor. B) Irony. C) Paradox. D) Oxymoron. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Paradox. 17. What is the meaning of this line?"Can you heart my heart beat from miles away?" A) The speaker is in love. B) The speaker's heart is beating so loud. C) Th speaker's heart is very from from him/her. D) The speaker's heart is pumping so fast. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The speaker is in love. 18. Does oxymoron use two contradictory words? A) Yes. B) No. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Yes. 19. His laughter was like a warm blanket or a familier song. A) Alliteration. B) Simile,. C) Metaphor,. D) , hyperbole,. E) Personification,. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Simile,. 20. The wind howled in the storm. A) Metaphor. B) Simile. C) Hyperbole. D) Onomatopoeia. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Onomatopoeia. 21. The big bad bear bored the baby bunnies by the bushes. A) Simile. B) Assonance. C) Alliteration. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Alliteration. 22. This choice is a crossroad in my life. A) Personification. B) Hyperbole. C) Irony. D) Simile. E) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Metaphor. 23. Gives human attribute to things. A) Oxymoron. B) Paradox. C) Personification. D) Irony. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Personification. 24. My alarm yelled at me this morning A) Hyperbole. B) Metaphor. C) Simile. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Personification. 25. Which is NOT an example of Hyperbole? A) You are lovely as a flower. B) If I can't pass all my subject in this semester, I'll die!. C) When you become mine, I'll reach the sky for you. D) It took a thousand years to finish my project. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) You are lovely as a flower. 26. She carries the world in her hand. What figure of speech was used here? A) Euphemism. B) Hyperbole. C) Metaphor. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hyperbole. 27. The doorbell rang when the mailman arrived. A) Personification. B) Alliteration. C) Onomatopoeia. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Onomatopoeia. 28. Identify the figure of speech in the following sentence:The engineer held the steering to steer the vehicle. A) Simile. B) Alliteration. C) Assonance. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Assonance. 29. The loveliest lady in the land was Helen. A) Personification. B) Simile. C) Metaphor. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Alliteration. 30. "Education is our passport to the future, and tomorrow belongs to those who prepare for it today." A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Personification. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. ← 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