This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Writing Style > Figures Of Speech – Quiz 23 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Figures Of Speech Quiz 23 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Talks about exaggeration to give emphasis. A) Irony. B) Simile. C) Metaphor. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hyperbole. 2. The waves of the sea played along the shore. A) Metaphor. B) Simile. C) Personification. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Personification. 3. (Betty bought butter) is an example of which figure of speech . A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Apostrophe. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) None of these. 4. While I stand on the roadway, or on the pavement grey, A) Euphemism. B) Tautology. C) Litotes. D) Apostrophe. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Tautology. 5. Pitching pennies with the Pittsburgh Pirates in a pitter-patter of rain outside the Pitti Palace. (James Thurber, Lanterns and Lances, 1961) A) Assonance. B) Metaphor. C) Irony. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Alliteration. 6. A bicycle can't stand on its own because it is two tired. A) Oxymoron. B) Metaphor. C) Pun. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Pun. 7. A Simile is a comparison involving the following pairs of words: A) With and so. B) As and so. C) Like and when. D) As and like. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) As and like. 8. My uncle is as straight as an arrow. A) PERSONIFICATION. B) SIMILE. C) HYPERBOLE. D) METAPHOR. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) SIMILE. 9. ..... my students are good, sometimes they misbehave A) Because. B) However. C) Although. D) Whereas. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Although. 10. Which is an example of a idiom? A) My sister is a cupcake!. B) My brother is very annoying. C) My brother is as annoying as a goose!. D) My sister is as sweet as a cupcake!. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) My sister is a cupcake!. 11. The walk was a million miles long! A) Hyperbole. B) Euphemism. C) Pun. D) Irony. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hyperbole. 12. The flames of the fire licked the sky. *Choose the correct figure of speech A) Simile. B) Personification. C) Metaphor. D) Allusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Personification. 13. The writer mentions the absent or inanimate objects as alive and writes about them. A) Personification. B) Oxymoron. C) Apostophe. D) Anaphora. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Apostophe. 14. Shelly sells seashells by the sea shore. A) Onomatopoeia. B) Hyperbole. C) Alliteration. D) Consonance. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Alliteration. 15. Who was like moses (allusion) A) Moses. B) Harriet. C) Romeo. D) Martin luther king. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Harriet. 16. The thunder grumbled like an old man. A) Personification. B) Metaphor. C) Onomatopoeia. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Simile. 17. Onomatopoeia is the naming of a thing or action by a vocal imitation of the sound associated A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 18. A phrase that presents a figurative meaning; well-known saying A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Idiom. D) Irony. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Idiom. 19. "How good of you to refuse to help us." is an example of? A) Hyperbole. B) Synecdoche. C) Irony. D) Allusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Irony. 20. When typhoons came to our countries, it seemed like people were drowned in great big waters. A) Personification. B) Euphemism. C) Hyperbole. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hyperbole. 21. At school, the birds say good morning everyday. A) Alliteration. B) Personification. C) Euphemism. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Personification. 22. What figure of speech was used in this sentence:Her fragrance is like the morning breeze when the sea is calm. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Personification. D) Apostrophe. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 23. The broom sweeps the dirt as the water cleans the cloth. A) Metaphor. B) Simile. C) Repetition. D) Personification & Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Personification & Simile. 24. Figures of speech are words or phrases which meanings are taken literally. A) MAYBE. B) FALSE. C) I DO NOT KNOW. D) TRUE. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) FALSE. 25. She can hear a pin drop a mile away A) ONOMATOPOEIA. B) HYPERBOLE. C) SIMILE. D) METAPHOR. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) HYPERBOLE. 26. Jenny and Rachel are cats and dogs whenever they fight. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Personification. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 27. Daniella is a night owl. A) Simile. B) Hyperbole. C) Metaphor. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Metaphor. 28. That slap's the only sound slap, pound A) Onomatopoeia. B) Metaphor. C) Simile. D) Idiom. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Onomatopoeia. 29. Identify the figure of speech shown in the sentence."The winged creature attacked before dawn and caught the sleeping villagers by surprise." A) Hyperbole. B) Metaphor. C) Simile. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Personification. 30. 'The long road to his home was a twisting snake, with no visible end.' This means that the road was long and had many corners and turns. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. ← 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