Figures Of Speech Quiz 6 (30 MCQs)

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1. Which of the following involve word play by exploiting multiple meanings of words, or of similar-sounding words?
2. Julius is a horse when he runs.
3. The sausages tasted awfully good.
4. What is it called when two or more words begin with the same initial sound?
5. Blue represents peaceful and calm ..... this is an example of???
6. The big black bug bit the big black bear.
7. My brother was hard to teacher when he was little. But now, he can easily burp the alphabet.
8. The police station gets robbed.
9. The teacher, who always tells us to be on time, arrived late to class today.
10. My friend is a class clown.
11. Love is a kin to a battlefield
12. Define the figure of speech "Hyperbole" .
13. "The doctors and nurses are heroes in a battle which enemy is unseen." This is an example of what figure of speech?
14. Identify the figure of speech shown in the sentence."Never will I learn to love."
15. I went over the floor with a fine-toothed comb, but I still can't find my contact lens.
16. Which figure of speech did Neil Armstrong use before stepping on the moon?"That's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind"
17. What is the implied meaning of the hyperbole in the sentence: "My phone is so slow it takes a year to load a webpage" ?
18. "Truth is bitter, but it has a sweet fruit." is an example of .....
19. The car coughed in front of me.
20. Earth was thirsty for water.
21. The following sentence is an example of what figure of speech?She floated in the pool like a lily on water.
22. Which figure of speech is used in the sentence:'The stars danced playfully in the moonlit sky'?
23. Choose the Figure of speech used in the following sentence."She is a star in the sky."
24. The sunflower nodded in the wind
25. I give attributes of personal nature or human characteristics to something non-human. I am a/an .....
26. Non-living things, abstract ideas or qualities are mentioned as humans or living things.
27. The students chatted on and on
28. Repetition of a word or a phrase at the beginning at the beginning of successive clauses.
29. The repetition of sounds in the beginning of words is called .....
30. What does the example of hyperbole, "I have a million things to do today" mean?