This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Writing Style > Figures Of Speech – Quiz 21 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Figures Of Speech Quiz 21 (24 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. He's so hungry he could eat a horse. A) Personification. B) Metaphor. C) Simile. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hyperbole. 2. He was as brave as a lion. (Identify the figure of speech) A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Personification. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 3. Batman is a dark horse. A) Simile. B) Personification. C) Metaphor. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Metaphor. 4. The righteous shall flourish as the palm tree. Is an Example of? A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Personification. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 5. The trees swing gracefully as the wind blows. A) Personification. B) Hyperbole. C) Metaphor. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Personification. 6. Which figure of speech is the author using?"My schoolbag weighs a tonne" A) Repetition. B) Antithesis. C) Hyperbole. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hyperbole. 7. He struck a streak of bad luck ..... is an example of a??? A) Consonance. B) Methaphor. C) Imagery. D) Purpose. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Consonance. 8. Annie: "Mom, my friend told me I have gorgeous eyes!" Mother: "It is true. Your eyes are as beautiful as the night sky." What figure of speech did the Mother use? A) Metaphor. B) Personification. C) Alliteration. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Simile. 9. Which figure of speech is the author using?"Nick needed new notebooks" A) Repetition. B) Metaphor. C) Antithesis. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Alliteration. 10. The little duckling was pretty ugly. A) Allusion. B) Irony. C) Paradox. D) Oxymoron. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Oxymoron. 11. We can see figures of speech in cartoons and posters. A) TRUE. B) FALSE. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) TRUE. 12. Identify the figure of speech in the sentence 'She is as busy as a bee'? A) Hyperbole. B) Onomatopoeia. C) Simile. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Simile. 13. O moon, please shine brighter tonight, and guide me home safely. A) Metaphor. B) Simile. C) Paradox. D) Apostrophe. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Apostrophe. 14. The vase broke, hitting the ground with a booming crash. *Choose the correct figure of speech. A) Idiom. B) Allusion. C) Onomatopoeia. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Onomatopoeia. 15. Which form of figurative speech is this an example of? Shelly sold sea shells by the sea shore. A) Personification. B) Onomatopoeia. C) Alliteration. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Alliteration. 16. A reference to another work in a story, poem, etc A) Assonance. B) Alliteration. C) Allusion. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Allusion. 17. "The school is my home."What is the meaning of this line? A) The speaker never graduated in school. B) The school is the place where the speaker feels that he/ she belongs to. C) The speaker lives in the school. D) There is a home inside the school. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The school is the place where the speaker feels that he/ she belongs to. 18. Please excuse my French, but I was very mad after that driver hit my car. A) Hyperbole. B) Alliteration. C) Personification. D) Euphemism. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Euphemism. 19. I long have had a quarrel with time for robbing me always. A) PARADOX. B) PERSONIFICATION. C) SIMILE. D) PUN. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) PERSONIFICATION. 20. Which figure of speech uses exaggeration to make its point. A) Simile. B) Hyperbole. C) Metaphor. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hyperbole. 21. Identify the figure of speech in the following sentence:Pat planted the pretty pink poppies in the pot. A) Simile. B) Alliteration. C) Assonance. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Alliteration. 22. An object that represents something else rather than itself is called as ..... A) Symbol. B) Irony. C) Oxymoron. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Symbol. 23. A (an) ..... is an indirect, less offensive way of saying something that is considered unpleasant. A) Idiom. B) Pun. C) Euphemism. D) Oxymoron. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Euphemism. 24. Life is a broken-winged bird A) Metaphor. B) Idiom. C) Onomatopoeia. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Metaphor. ← PreviousRelated 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