This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Writing Style > Figures Of Speech – Quiz 24 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Figures Of Speech Quiz 24 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which of the following is NOT an example of metaphor? A) "The old book was like a weathered sailor, each page a map of adventures and secrets.". B) "The project was a rollercoaster of emotions, and we had to weather the storm of deadlines.". C) "His temper was a ticking time bomb ready to explode at any moment.". D) "The new policy is a double-edged sword, cutting both ways with its pros and cons.". Show Answer Correct Answer: A) "The old book was like a weathered sailor, each page a map of adventures and secrets.". 2. What type of imagery is portrayed in the following sentence?That music is loud. A) Sound. B) Hearing. C) Smell. D) Taste. E) Sight. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sound. 3. The acorn plopped into the puddle A) Imagery. B) Repitition. C) Onomoetapia. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Onomoetapia. 4. Below examples are similes except ..... A) This dress is perfect because it fits like a glove. B) They are as different as night and day. C) The stormy ocean was a raging bull. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The stormy ocean was a raging bull. 5. You're very clever at poking fun at weaklings. A) Apostrophe and Synecdoche. B) Apostrophe and personification. C) Personification and Anastrophe. D) Anastrophe and apostrophe. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Apostrophe and personification. 6. Identify the Figure of Speech from the following lines: ..... My radiance rare and fathomless, When I returned from Lyonnesse A) Assonance. B) Alliteration. C) Hyperbole. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hyperbole. 7. Which sentence uses alliteration? A) "The old oak tree stood majestically at the edge of the forest, its branches spreading wide.". B) "She gazed out of the window, watching the gentle waves lapping against the sandy shore.". C) "The playful puppies pranced around the park, their paws pattering on the pavement.". D) "Underneath the starlit sky, the city buzzed with the energy of a thousand people.". Show Answer Correct Answer: C) "The playful puppies pranced around the park, their paws pattering on the pavement.". 8. What is a comparison of unlike things using like or as? A) Alliteration. B) Personification. C) Simile. D) Idiom. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Simile. 9. He is a little thin on top. A) Hyperbole. B) Euphemism. C) Irony. D) Metonymy. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Euphemism. 10. Identify the figure of speech. 2) The train went 'choo-choo' down the track. A) Onomatopoeia. B) Metaphor. C) Simile. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Onomatopoeia. 11. Speaks directly to someone who is not present or is dead, or speaks to an inanimate object. A) Understatement. B) Apostrophe. C) Paradox. D) Irony. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Apostrophe. 12. It is a figure of speech which attributes to the personal nature or human characteristics to something nonhuman, or the representation of an abstract quality in human form. A) Personafication. B) Anchorpersons. C) Personification. D) Humanification. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Personification. 13. That car ride took forever! A) Personification. B) Metaphor. C) Alliteration. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hyperbole. 14. Her heart is like gold. A) Simile. B) Personification. C) Metaphor. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 15. Spicy food is heaven on the tongue but hell in the tummy. A) Personification. B) Antithesis. C) Oxymoron. D) Apostrophe. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Antithesis. 16. It is a figure of speech that speaks to an item or object that is not alive as if it were in fact, alive. A) Alliteration. B) Apostrophe. C) Synecdoche. D) Allusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Apostrophe. 17. "He went whacking the villains bang bang." is an example of ..... A) Alliteration. B) Pun. C) Onomatopoeia. D) Paradox. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Onomatopoeia. 18. Identify the figure of speech in these lines:Teach him to sell his brawnand brain to the highest bidders A) Alliteration. B) Repetition. C) Oxymoron. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Alliteration. 19. I sold my pre-loved clothes to help with our daily expenses. A) Onomatopoeia. B) Euphemism. C) Hyperbole. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Euphemism. 20. Select the example of a metaphor. A) Life is a rollercoaster. B) Life is like a rollercoaster. C) A rollercoaster is like life. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Life is a rollercoaster. 21. Variety is the spice of life. A) Simile. B) Personification. C) Metaphor. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Personification. 22. The lightning swallowed the flash. A) Metaphor. B) Simile. C) Personification. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Personification. 23. Identify the Figure of Speech from the following lines: ..... And listens like a three years' child:The Mariner hath his will. A) Assonance. B) Personification. C) Hyperbole. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Simile. 24. Which figure of speech is the author using? "Nory was a Catholic because her mother was a Catholic, and Nory's mother was a Catholic because her father was a Catholic, and her father was a Catholic because his mother was a Catholic, or had been." A) Alliteration. B) Personitication. C) Repetition. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Repetition. 25. In "Animal Farm" by George Orwell, the animals represent different political figures and systems. A) Allegory. B) Irony. C) Foreshadowing. D) Symbolism. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Allegory. 26. I'm all thumbs today.What does the metaphor mean in this sentence? A) I'm handy. B) I'm clumsy. C) I'm good at building things. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) I'm clumsy. 27. "The night is a big, black cat" is an example of A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 28. Signal the conjunction that expresses condition A) While. B) If. C) Even though. D) Before. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) If. 29. He runs faster than a cheetah. A) Metaphor. B) Simile. C) Personification. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Simile. 30. The horse neighed at the visitors. A) Onomatopoeia. B) Simile. C) Personification. D) Metaphor. 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