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 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which among the following pair of ideas that do not match? A) Alliteration-repetition of consonant sound. B) Apostrophe-using kind words. C) Synecdoche-part represents the whole, vice versa. D) Personification-giving human qualities to non-human. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Apostrophe-using kind words. 2. I've heard that joke a billion times, but it still cracks me up! A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Hyperbole. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hyperbole. 3. "The pink hair kills the demons" A) Metonymy. B) Alliteration. C) Simile. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Metonymy. 4. What figure of speech is used in the sentence below:Last night's dinner was so good, and I ate like a pig! A) Personification. B) Alliteration. C) Metaphor. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Simile. 5. The earth laughs beneath my heavy feet at the blasphemy in old jangly walk. A) Anaphora. B) Cliche. C) Personification. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Personification. 6. Knowing the type of figure of speech is more important than understanding the meaning of the figure of speech. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 7. 'Economical with the truth' instead of 'liar. A) Conceit. B) Anaphora. C) Cliche. D) Euphemism. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Euphemism. 8. Writers often use this figure of speech for emphasis or to be funny. A) METAPHOR. B) HYPERBOLE. C) SIMILE. D) ONOMATOPOEIA. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) HYPERBOLE. 9. "Ribbit!" the frog said to the snake. "You must let me pass!" is an example of what two types of figurative language? A) Onomatopoeia-Personification. B) Hyperbole-Personification. C) Simile-Personification. D) Onomatopoeia-Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Onomatopoeia-Personification. 10. 'Letting you go' instead of 'firing you.' A) Euphemism. B) Cliche. C) Conceit. D) Anaphora. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Euphemism. 11. Choose the correct option- "I love getting into bed, I feel as snug as a bug in a rug" A) Personification. B) Repetation. C) Hyperbole. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Simile. 12. A man looked out of the window to see the storm intensify. He turned to his friend and said "Wonderful weather we're having!" A) Verbal irony. B) Dramatic irony. C) Situational irony. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Verbal irony. 13. Always trust a glue salesman. They tend to stick to their word. A) Hyperbole. B) Pun. C) Irony. D) Euphemism. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pun. 14. The classroom was a zoo ..... is an example of??? A) Metaphor. B) Theme. C) Simile. D) Symbolism. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Metaphor. 15. The joker is a monster. A) Personification. B) Simile. C) Metaphor. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Metaphor. 16. Which of the following sentences is an example of Simile? A) Diego is as handsome as Daniel Padilla. B) You are an angel. C) Her heart is gold. D) Shiela is the apple of my eye. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Diego is as handsome as Daniel Padilla. 17. I've told you to stop a thousand times. A) Simile. B) Hyperbole. C) Metaphor. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hyperbole. 18. She is horizontally challenged. A) Pun. B) Euphemism. C) Hyperbole. D) Irony. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Euphemism. 19. But the prisoner would not answer, he only lay with wide, dark, bright, eyes, like a bound animal. (D. H. Lawrence, England, My England) A) Euphemism. B) Anaphora. C) Repetition. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Simile. 20. He did not realize his last chance was walking out the door. A) Hyperbole. B) Irony. C) Personification. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Personification. 21. He is as ugly as sin.This is an example of which literary device? A) Simile. B) Personification. C) Hyperbole. D) Allusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 22. The olympics is very important and everyone should watch it ..... this is an example of??? A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Tone. D) Authors purpose. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Authors purpose. 23. Two sunflowers moving in the yellow room. Is an example of A) Metaphor. B) Irony. C) Personification. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Personification. 24. The calm lake was a mirror. Which Figure of Speech is used here? A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Oxymoron. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 25. The line at the canteen stretched for miles. A) Metaphor. B) Personification. C) Simile. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hyperbole. 26. Identify the Figure of Speech from the following lines: ..... Merrily did we dropBelow the kirk, below the hill, Below the lighthouse top. A) Repetition, Alliteration. B) Simile, Metaphor. C) Hyperbole, Alliteration. D) Personification, Repetition. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Repetition, Alliteration. 27. Simile is comparing two things by using one kind of object or using in place of another to suggest the likeness between them. A) FALSE. B) TRUE. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) FALSE. 28. Rhyming includes examples such as? A) Eccentric Esther. B) Rustling and whistling. C) Certain and curtain. D) Clap and hands. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Certain and curtain. 29. "Resentment is like drinking poison and waiting for it to kill your enemy." A) Hyperbole. B) Metaphor. C) Simile. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Simile. 30. She is a woman with a stone heart. A) Alliteration. B) Synecdoche. C) Simile. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Metaphor. ← 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