This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Writing Style > Figures Of Speech – Quiz 20 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Figures Of Speech Quiz 20 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Identify the figure of speech used in the following sentences.1. The righteous shall flourish as the palm tree. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Personification. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 2. The formation of a word from a sound associated with what is named A) Euphemism. B) Oxymoron. C) Onomatopoeia. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Onomatopoeia. 3. Aquaman swims as well as any fish. A) Personification. B) Metaphor. C) Simile. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Simile. 4. I've been waiting for eternity A) Cliche. B) Metaphor. C) Personification. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hyperbole. 5. The Bench decided that the man is guilty A) Irony. B) Metonymy. C) Pun. D) Synecdoche. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Synecdoche. 6. O Western wind, when wilt thou blow That the small rain down can rain? Christ, that my love were in my arms, And I in my bed again! (Anonymous, "O Western Wind") A) Paradox. B) Oxymoron. C) Anaphora. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Anaphora. 7. What kind of figure of speech is a direct comparison of two unlike things without using like and as? (ANA) A) Onomatopoeia. B) Oxymoron. C) Metaphor. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Metaphor. 8. The Greedy man was unwilling to give up the THRONE to death, so he decided to consult a sorcerer. A) Synecdoche. B) Metonymy. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metonymy. 9. What type of imagery is portrayed in the following sentence?That perfume is amazing. A) Taste. B) Smell. C) Sound. D) Sight. E) Hearing. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Smell. 10. Which sentence uses personification in a technological context? A) He is a shining star in the tech industry. B) The app was a portal to another world. C) The smartphone sang a cheerful tune as it powered on. D) The computer was as fast as lightning. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The smartphone sang a cheerful tune as it powered on. 11. 'My alarm clock yells at me to get out of bed every morning.'This is an example of ..... A) Personification. B) Alliteration. C) Hyperbole. D) Onomatopoeia. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Personification. 12. Go break a leg on stage! A) Idiom. B) Metaphor. C) Onomatopoeia. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Idiom. 13. "Unity came to the rescue when the people needed it the most." This is an example of what figure of speech? A) Personification. B) Metaphor. C) Simile. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Personification. 14. "The mountain loomed like a giant guarding the valley" is an example of which figurative language? A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Personification. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 15. The lake like cold, forbidding glass A) Metaphor. B) Onomonapia. C) Simile. D) Idiom. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Simile. 16. How they tinkle, tinkle, tinkle, / In the icy air of night!; To the tintinnabulation that so musically wells / From the bells, bells, bells, bells, / Bells, bells, bells / From the jingling and the tinkling of the bells. The Bells by Edgar allan Poe A) Onomatopoeia. B) Assonance. C) Repetition. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Onomatopoeia. 17. Which of the following is an example of an oxymoron? (APP) A) Heart of Darkness. B) Original Copy. C) Blind as a Bat. D) This weighs a ton. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Original Copy. 18. The crown will find a new ruler in the next election. A) Paradox. B) Allusion. C) Metonymy. D) Oxymoron. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Metonymy. 19. In Enhypen's song called "Highway 1009" what figure of speech was used in this line: "I told you like a million times" ? A) Hyperbole. B) Oxymoron. C) Personification. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hyperbole. 20. In the sentence "Time passed by during the summer vacation, " what type of figurative language is used? A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Personification. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Personification. 21. Using 'inferno' in place of 'hell' is an example of ..... A) Chiasmus. B) Euphemism. C) Pun. D) Litotes. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Euphemism. 22. If you "practice what you preach, " it means: A) You say one thing and do another. B) You don't know right from wrong. C) You say and do what you tell others they should do. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) You say and do what you tell others they should do. 23. ELA is the most important subject at school ..... this is an example of??? A) Theme. B) Tone. C) Simile. D) Imagery. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Theme. 24. When many phrases or verses start with the same word. A) Consonance. B) Assonance. C) Anaphora. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Anaphora. 25. The righteous shall flourish like the palm tree. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Personification. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 26. Which figure of speech involves the use of contradictory terms placed together for effect? A) Metaphor. B) Oxymoron. C) Euphemism. D) Allusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Oxymoron. 27. Isang paghahambing ng dalawang bagay na magkaiba sa pangkalahatang anyo subalit may mga magkatulad na katangian. Ito'y ginagamitan ng mga salita't pariralang tulad ng, katulad ng, parang, kawangis ng, anaki'y, animo, at iba pa. A) Pagwawangis o Metapora. B) Pagsasatao o Personipikasyon. C) Pagmamalabis o Hyperbole. D) Pagtutulad o Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Pagtutulad o Simile. 28. The fluffy bed felt as soft as a cloud! A) Metaphor. B) Simile. C) Personification. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Simile. 29. What figure of speech was used in this sentence:During the storm, the wind howled around the house for hours. A) Metaphor. B) Apostrophe. C) Simile. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Personification. 30. Alex had a hard time hearing the teacher over his grumbling stomach. *What is the onomatopoeia? A) Grumbling. B) Teacher. C) Stomach. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Grumbling. 31. The wind whispered secrets through the trees, making the leaves dance. A) Apostrophe. B) Personification. C) Hyperbole. D) Oxymoron. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Personification. 32. Your hockey team won the most games all season, but you loose in the finals with a score of 8-0. A) Pun. B) Irony. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Irony. 33. A word imitating a sound which makes the story become more lively and interesting A) Onomatopoeia. B) Antithesis. C) Repetition. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Onomatopoeia. 34. The repetition of identical or similar vowel sound in a series of words, phrases, and/or syllables. A) Assonance. B) Asonance. C) Aliteration. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Assonance. 35. This exam is an obstacle course. A) Metaphor. B) Synecdouche. C) Personification. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Metaphor. 36. The audience looks very intimidating. I'm having butterflies in my stomach. A) Idiom. B) Irony. C) Personification. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Idiom. 37. Scooby seems to ..... the crime. A) Create. B) Solve. C) Explain. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Solve. 38. What type of imagery is portrayed in the following sentence?The pizza was good. A) Sight. B) Smell. C) Taste. D) Hearing. E) Sound. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Taste. 39. A figure of speech that attributes human characteristics to something that is not human. A) Simile. B) Personification. C) Hyperbole. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Personification. 40. Identify the figure of speech shown in the sentence."Goodbyes are bittersweet." A) Hyperbole. B) Irony. C) Oxymoron. D) Euphemism. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Oxymoron. 41. "Hear the mellow wedding bells" - "The Bells" by Edgar Allen Poe A) Alliteration. B) Assonance. C) Simile. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Assonance. 42. Nick needed new notebooks A) Alliteration. B) Synecdouche. C) Metaphor. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Alliteration. 43. I had fought with my classmate yesterday during our English class. He punched me in my face and it came as fast as lightning. A) SIMILE. B) METAPHOR. C) PERSONIFICATION. D) HYPERBOLE. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) SIMILE. 44. The tumult has reached the stars. A) ALLUSION. B) HYPERBOLE. C) SYNECHDOCHE. D) METONYMY. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) HYPERBOLE. 45. Identify the figure of speech shown in the sentence."Books are as powerful as weapons." A) Metaphor. B) Euphemism. C) Simile. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Simile. 46. "He popped the jumbo shrimp in his mouth." A) Oxymoron. B) Repetition. C) Simile. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Oxymoron. 47. Identify the figure of speech shown in the sentence."After freedom's sweet kiss, she could never return to the doldrums of the factory." A) Oxymoron. B) Hyperbole. C) Personification. D) Paradox. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Oxymoron. 48. What is the figure of speech used in the line "She is no fool." ? A) Litotes. B) Metonymy. C) Synecdoche. D) Chiasmus. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Litotes. 49. He's running faster that the wind is an example of a ..... A) Personification. B) Simile. C) Hyperbole. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hyperbole. 50. "Time, " she pleaded, "please do not take me yet." What figure of speech was used here? A) Apostrophe. B) Metaphor. C) Irony. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Apostrophe. 51. Meow, where's my milk, cried the cat A) Simile. B) Hyperbole. C) Onomatopoeia. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Onomatopoeia. 52. A common, often used expression that does not make sense when taken literally is a (an) ..... A) Idiot. B) Pun. C) Idiom. D) Euphemism. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Idiom. 53. It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness A) Hyperbole. B) Anaphora. C) Cliche. D) Conceit. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Anaphora. 54. Ruby ran across the road in the rain.This is an example of: A) Personification. B) Alliteration. C) Simile. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Alliteration. 55. What figure of speech was used in this sentence:The moon was a ghostly galleon tossed upon the cloudy seas. A) Apostrophe. B) Simile. C) Personification. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Metaphor. 56. This figure of speech makes a direct comparison using two unlike/dissimilar things. A) Simile. B) Personification. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 57. Which literary device is a comparison between two things, people, or places using 'like' or 'as'? A) Simile. B) Oxymoron. C) Consonance. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 58. What figure of speech is being asked? "Rizal! See the fair hope of the Fatherland." A) Synecdoche. B) Personification. C) Apostrophe. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Apostrophe. 59. Sensory language is called as Imagery. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 60. The camel is called the "Ship of Desert" . A) Simile. B) Pun. 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