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 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The tree invited us to come and play. A) SIMILE. B) PERSONIFICATION. C) METAPHOR. D) HYPERBOLE. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) PERSONIFICATION. 2. The stars danced in the night sky. A) Metaphor. B) Hyperbole. C) Personification. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Personification. 3. Like a drum my heart never stops beating for you ..... the lyric is an example of A) Simile. B) Irony. C) Hyperbole. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 4. What type of figure of speech is present in this sentence?Time is money. A) Hyperbole. B) Simile. C) Onomatopoeia. D) Metaphor. E) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Metaphor. 5. Superman is as fast as a speeding bullet. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Personification. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 6. The clouds are cotton balls in the sky.This is an example of which literary device? A) Analogy. B) Metaphor. C) Personification. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 7. "It's like I'm in Heaven" is an idiom A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 8. What figure of speech is used in the phrase 'buzzing bees'? A) Simile. B) The figure of speech used in the phrase 'buzzing bees' is 'alliteration'. C) Onomatopoeia. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The figure of speech used in the phrase 'buzzing bees' is 'alliteration'. 9. This figure of speech make a direct comparison using two unlike things. A) Personification. B) Simile. C) Hyperbole. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Metaphor. 10. She shouldn't be shamed by the shrugs of the people. What figure of speech was used here? A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Consonance. D) Assonance. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Consonance. 11. '' The air was so dry. I could hardly breath without coughing. I Heard tumbleweed dancing all around me" is an example of A) Symbol. B) Idiom. C) Hyperboly. D) Personfication. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Personfication. 12. Where are you my pen?(Mark the figure of speech) A) Apostrophie. B) Apostrophe. C) Onomatopoeia. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Apostrophe. 13. Which of the following figures of speech is not a sound device? A) Onomatopoeia. B) Alliteration. C) Personification. D) Assonance. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Personification. 14. "Go slow over the road." is an example of ..... A) Assonance. B) Alliteration. C) Irony. D) Pun. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Assonance. 15. Rich was over the moon with excitement after hearing the good news. A) Surprised. B) Unhappy. C) Thrilled. D) Confused. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Thrilled. 16. Which figurative language is represented in the phrase "The giant's footsteps were thunderclaps" ? A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Personification. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 17. "My wallet is crying, " is an example of A) Personification. B) Simile. C) Metaphor. D) Onomatopoeia. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Personification. 18. A tall man is nicknamed "Shorty." A) Pun. B) Irony. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Irony. 19. He fought like a true Hercules, strong and determined. A) Allusion. B) Metonymy. C) Onomatopoeia. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Allusion. 20. We have to let you go, Mr. Santos. A) Hyperbole. B) Pun. C) Euphemism. D) Irony. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Euphemism. 21. This figure of speech compares two unlike things using like or as to help make the comparison. A) Personification. B) Simile. C) Metaphor. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Simile. 22. Her laughter was like a warm blanket or a familiar song A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Hyperbole. D) Alliteration. E) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 23. The sun smiled down to the green meadows. A) Personification. B) Irony. C) Euphemism. D) Synecdoche. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Personification. 24. Complete the following sentence:Alliteration is the repetition of ..... sounds? A) Vowels. B) Harsh. C) Consonants. D) Rhymes. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Consonants. 25. It is described as the use of word which imitates a sound. A) Hyperbole. B) Onomatopoeia. C) Personification. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Onomatopoeia. 26. Her cat is near the computer to keep an eye on the mouse. A) Idiom. B) Hyperbole. C) Irony. D) Pun. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Pun. 27. Today, my brother and I went to the batting cages. I was in awe of him as I watched him hit ball after ball; he was a machine.Why is the brother being compared to a machine? A) He seemed to be under the control of a robot. B) He hit every ball with accuracy and efficiency. C) He was rigid and metal-like. D) He didn't show much emotion as he hit the balls. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He hit every ball with accuracy and efficiency. 28. Choose the correct "Hyperbole" example. A) This explanation is about as clear as mud. B) I will fly to the Moon and back. C) The sun smiled over the Meadow. D) Life is like a roller coaster. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) I will fly to the Moon and back. 29. Blue baby bonnets bobbed through the bayou. A) Alliteration. B) Pun. C) Synecdouche. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Alliteration. 30. My words are chains of lead. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Hyperbole. D) Alliteration. E) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 31. Don't have two cents to spare A) Metaphor. B) Hyperbole. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hyperbole. 32. Earth is our Mother and our tent, the sky. A) APOSTROPHE. B) SIMILE. C) METAPHOR. D) PERSONIFICATION. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) METAPHOR. 33. "Samantha saw seven silly soldiers selling strawberries" .This is an example of? A) Hyperbole. B) Alliteration. C) Personification. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Alliteration. 34. What is the figure of speech called when something is over-exaggerated, not meant to be taken literally? A) Onomatopoeia. B) Metaphor. C) Personification. D) Assonance. E) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Hyperbole. 35. Hyperbole is an exaggeration, usually with humor. A) TRUE. B) FALSE. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) TRUE. 36. Jhostn would walk one thousand miles to see Mica! A) Personification. B) Hyperbole. C) Simile. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hyperbole. 37. ..... I had no money, I couldn't buy anything to eat. A) Until. B) Although. C) Unless. D) Since. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Since. 38. ..... ! We turned the light off to go to bed. A) Woof. B) Swoosh. C) Click. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Click. 39. A figure of speech that compares two different things without the use of the terms "like" or "as." A) Irony. B) Metaphor. C) Paradox. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 40. She had a photographic memory but never developed it. A) Pun. B) Irony. C) Antithesis. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pun. 41. The was the most boring book I have ever read. A) Metaphor. B) Simile. C) Hyperbole. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hyperbole. 42. Identify the figure of speech shown in the sentence."The world does not care to hear your sad stories." A) Personification. B) Oxymoron. C) Euphemism. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Personification. 43. "This wound is a mere scratch, " Aries boasted in front of his friends while pointing to his stomach where he got stabbed by a burglar earlier. A) Hyperbole. B) Oxymoron. C) Understatement. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Understatement. 44. I am so thiristy that my throat is as dry as the Sahara Desert. A) Onomatopoeia. B) Simile. C) Metaphor. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Simile. 45. "In my ball gown at the wedding, I stood out like a sore thumb" A) Hyperbole. B) Simile. C) Personification. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Simile. 46. The thunder is grumbling in the distance. A) SIMILE. B) PERSONIFICATION. C) HYPERBOLE. D) METAPHOR. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) PERSONIFICATION. 47. Pride goeth forth on horseback, grand and gay. A) Oxymoron. B) Apostrophe. C) Personification. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Personification. 48. Truly, your voice is amazing! That will be your last song, okay? A) PARADOX. B) OXYMORON. C) IRONY. D) LITOTES. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) IRONY. 49. Mrs. DiYanni told her students a billion times that they should always write their names on their papers! A) Metaphor. B) Personification. C) Simile. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hyperbole. 50. Choose the Correct Option- "She has been at the shop for an eternity" A) Alletraition. B) Personification. C) Hyperbole. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hyperbole. 51. A figure of speech that appears to be self-contradictory but actually reveals something truthful. A) Simile. B) Paradox. C) Irony. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Paradox. 52. Identify the figure of speech shown in the sentence."The soldiers swear loyalty to the crown." A) Paradox. B) Synecdoche. C) Metonymy. D) Euphemism. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Metonymy. 53. My friend Joey is a clown. He makes everyone laugh at his jokes. A) Personification. B) Metaphor. C) Hyperbole. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 54. She was the Venus of the party. A) Simile. B) Personification. C) Hyperbole. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Metaphor. 55. Which figure of speech is used in the line "He heard his harsh harangue." ? A) Assonance. B) Euphemism. C) Alliteration. D) Irony. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Alliteration. 56. The wind whispers as it blows inside my ear. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Personification. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Personification. 57. Sue shook her silky silver hair as the sun was setting. A) Onomatopoeia. B) Irony. C) Alliteration. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Alliteration. 58. A statement that might at first appear to be contradictory, but that may in fact contain some truth A) Oxymoron. B) Paradox. C) Euphemism. D) Onomatopoeia. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Paradox. 59. What do you call an old snowman?WATER! A) Pun. B) Irony. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pun. 60. And waves of shadow went over the wheat. A) Onomatopoeia. B) Oxymoron. C) Alliteration. D) Pun. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Alliteration. ← 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