Figures Of Speech Quiz 19 (60 MCQs)

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1. Identify the figure of speech in the following sentence:The water angrily flowed towards the sea.
2. My teacher has eyes in the back of her head is an example of ..... (EVA)
3. Life is a barren field
4. O William, you should be living now to see all this.
5. "The health professionals are soldiers protecting us from our fight against the Covid 19 Pandemic." This is an example of what figure of speech?
6. Which figure of speech is Shakespeare using?"The world's a stage"
7. "'I'm a lovely tree that loves to dance' said the tree" is a rhyme
8. The new set of officers are as busy as a bee.
9. In the movie, "Toy Story", human characters are not aware that the toys speak and move but the audience is.
10. He doesn't always tell the truth, so I'd take what he says with a grain of salt.
11. The figure of speech in which the author makes an obvious exaggeration for emphasis or to create some other specific effect is .....
12. I'll see you long and dark as tunnels, bright as rainbows, playful as chestnutwind.
13. The wind howled like a ..... as the storm raged.
14. She was as quiet as a mouse
15. Mary looked at the clock. Time was crawling.
16. Ito ay pagpapalit ng katangian ng isang tao sa mga walang buhay.
17. What do you call an exaggerated statement used to heighten the effect?
18. Is a figure of language when words that start with the same sound (not just the same letter) are used repeatedly in a phrase or sentence
19. Which figure of speech is the author using?"Emily is as cold as ice"
20. "The debate was a piece of cake." It is the example of Metaphor.
21. He is as soft as concrete
22. "it is really dull day when we don't go to the mall"This sentence is an example of:
23. Life is as tedious as a twice-told tale.
24. Paradox and oxymoron mean the same thing. (a)
25. What is it called when an outcome is the opposite of what is expected?
26. The cactus saluted any visitor brave enough to travel the scorched land.
27. Don't throw in the towel now! The game isn't over yet.
28. Make this sentence into a Simile"Her eyes are diamonds."
29. Many Mechanics Made Mary's Mother's Motor Move.
30. Go cry me a river!
31. Which figure of speech is the author using?"I am so hungry I could eat a horse"
32. What does the quote below mean? "Striving for success without hard work is like yryinbgto harvest where you haven't planted? (ANA)
33. Alliteration is the repetition of sounds at the beginning of nearby words.
34. What figure of speech is used in the following sentence?The leaves of the tree danced in the breeze.
35. She is an open book = she has nothing to hide.
36. Have you seen a fish drowning?
37. Kelani is as proud as a peacock.
38. A figure of speech in which two dissimilar things are compared to each other using the terms "like" or "as."
39. My mother is my east and west.
40. Go, grow, and glow groceries are sold by the road.
41. He can reach the sky
42. My mom is going to explode when I show her my grades. *Choose the correct figure of speech
43. Figurative expression which compares two different things in a figurative sense. "Like" and "as" are not used (A is B.).
44. "He is as quick as a leopard." is an example of .....
45. The leaves whispered to my ears when I went to the forest.
46. Life is a precious possession.
47. She is as crazy as a monkey
48. We will swear loyalty to the crown.
49. The wind whisper as it blows inside my ear.
50. If Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers, where's the peck of pickled peppers that Peter Piper picked?
51. "Twinkle twinkle little star." Which figure of speech is this?
52. "Then leaf subsides to leaf/ So Eden sank to grief" (Frost 5-6).What is the allusion?
53. Which of the following is an example of hyperbole in technology?
54. Imagery is the use of words to create images in the reader's mind based on five senses.
55. She stood out like the Sun. What figure of speech was used here?
56. Identify the figure of speech shown in the sentence."My friend is big-boned."
57. The sun played hide and seek with the clouds.
58. Repeating words or phrases throughout the text to emphasise certain facts or ideas
59. Determine the meaning of the following simile:Her eyes are like fiery diamonds.
60. The humble bee's bass and drums boomed beneath.