Figures Of Speech Quiz 19 (30 MCQs)

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1. "He is a night owl."The sentence above is an example of:
2. Identify the figure of speech in the sentence 'I am so hungry, I could eat a horse'?
3. What figure of speech is used to show comparison of two dissimilar objects using the words "like" and "as" ?
4. What figure of speech is being asked? "The tumult reached the stars."
5. "The baby's skin was like a rose petal"This sentence is an example of:
6. My mother is a dragon. This sentence in an example of a/an
7. "Do not go into the water until you have learnt to swim." Is this a paradox?
8. A man tastes his wife's delicious home-cooked meal and exclaims, "I shall never eat this food ever again" .
9. I have tons and tons of work to do.
10. George is as wise as an owl.
11. Can you provide an example of a simile?
12. What is the figure of speech in which non-human or non-living things are spoken about as if they are human? (REM)
13. The deafening silence drove the man crazy.This is an example of which literary device
14. She's as skinny as a toothpick. Which is the figure of speech here?
15. What figure of speech was used in this sentence:My father was the sun and the moon to me.
16. ..... ! I heard my sister crying after the sad movie.
17. He received a mortal wound.
18. Which figure of speech is the author using?"The moon was playing hide and seek with the clouds"
19. Which figure of speech gives of human qualities to non-human things.
20. The brown grass was begging for water.
21. Identify the figure of speech shown in the sentence."I'd move mountains for her."
22. The rain gently kissed my cheeks.What does the personification mean in this sentence?
23. She is as lovely as an angel.
24. Choose the definition of:Metaphor
25. Life is a bowl of cherries
26. "My conscience hath a thousand several tongues, And every tongue brings in a several tale, And every tale condemns me for a villain."The above example reveals which figure of speech?
27. The teacher told us the test would be a piece of cake, but I disagree.What does the idiom "a piece of cake" mean?
28. The loud sound created an earthquake inside the room.
29. But when the trees bow down their heads
30. What is the figure of speech called when you make a direct comparison without using the words 'like' or 'as'?