This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Writing Style > Figures Of Speech – Quiz 22 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Figures Of Speech Quiz 22 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. When the humid shadows hover A) Hyperbole. B) Tautology. C) Metonymy. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Metonymy. 2. What figure of speech was used in this sentence:O Death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory? A) Metaphor. B) Apostrophe. C) Personification. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Apostrophe. 3. "Betty bought some butter but the butter was bitter, so Betty bought some more butter to make the bitter butter better" is an example of: A) Reparation. B) Alliteration. C) Personfication. D) Idiom. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Alliteration. 4. With a mighty leap, the tiger shattered the silence of the jungle. A) Personification. B) Hyperbole. C) Alliteration. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Metaphor. 5. The thunder grumbled and yelled. A) Metaphor. B) Simile. C) Hyperbole. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Personification. 6. She was fairly certain that life was a fashion show. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Hyperbole. D) Alliteration. E) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 7. James ran like a cheetah. A) Simile. B) Irony. C) Metaphor. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 8. Life is a journey; travel it well. A) Hyperbole. B) Metaphor. C) Simile. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 9. If you are "on the fence" about an issue, it means: A) You are looking at it from all viewpoints. B) You are undecided. C) You are fair. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) You are undecided. 10. What type of figure of speech is present in this sentence?I died laughing. A) Simile. B) Onomatopoeia. C) Metaphor. D) Hyperbole. E) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hyperbole. 11. The school library is like a mountain of books. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Personification. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 12. Kelly is like a cute kitten when she smiles. A) Personification. B) Hyperbole. C) Metaphor. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Simile. 13. Did I really win the lottery, or are you just pulling my leg? A) Doing me a favor. B) Telling me the truth. C) Making me laugh. D) Tricking me. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Tricking me. 14. Which of the following is NOT an example of a simile? A) The girl was sweet like sugar. B) The new child is a bad apple. C) The airplane soared like an eagle. D) My mom is as busy as a bee. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The new child is a bad apple. 15. I could eat a horse:I am very hungry. It is a Simile. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 16. We use Alliteration to use the sounds we repeat to mirror the ideas or events or feelings being described. A) False. B) True. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 17. Her eyes were deep pools that he fell into and never got out of. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 18. A comparison of two things using the words "like" or "as" A) Metaphor. B) Personification. C) Simile. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Simile. 19. '' dogs' droppings" is an example of ..... A) Alliteration. B) Simile. C) Metaphor. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Alliteration. 20. You ain't nothing but a hound dog, crying all the time. *Choose the correct figure of speech A) Personification. B) Idiom. C) Metaphor. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Metaphor. 21. Which of the following represents an allusion? A) The smaller brother was like a pitbull he was so fierce. B) Her rise to the championship is a Cinderella story of triumph. C) He drove to the office every day, but on the way home he dreamed of becoming an executive chef. D) The linebacker was a freight train, barreling down the field on a collision course. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Her rise to the championship is a Cinderella story of triumph. 22. What figure of speech was used in this sentence:Her eyes sparkled as bright as diamonds. A) Personification. B) Apostrophe. C) Metaphor. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Simile. 23. Some students are chronologically challenged when it comes to their online classes. A) Euphemism. B) Hyperbole. C) Simile. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Euphemism. 24. 'The sun smiled down on the earth'.This is an example of? A) Hyperbole. B) Simile. C) Metaphor. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Personification. 25. Suddenly the room filled with a deafening silence. A) Oxymoron. B) Synecdouche. C) Simile. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Oxymoron. 26. I feel the stench of failure coming on A) Metaphor. B) Hyperbole. C) Simile. D) Onomatopoeia. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Metaphor. 27. The concert of IU and BTS happens only once in a blue moon. A) Idiom. B) Personification. C) Simile. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Idiom. 28. Sally sold sea shells by the sea shore. A) Personification. B) Alliteration. C) Simile. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Alliteration. 29. Select the example of hyperbole. A) She is as thin as a toothpick. B) She's very bony. C) She's really thin. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) She is as thin as a toothpick. 30. Choose the correct "Metaphor" example. A) The trees danced in the wind. B) The storm was cruel giant destroying everything in it's path. C) Our teacher gave us a ton of homework. D) I have million things to do today. 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