Figures Of Speech Quiz 6 (60 MCQs)

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1. My father brought me new wheels
2. What word imitates a sound in the following sentence: "I heard the humming of bees?"
3. "Hush ..... " our adviser said, as we are about to begin our morning prayer.
4. My wallet sucked all of my money.
5. Which figure of speech is the author using?"The bomb went off with a loud bang"
6. Which sentence demonstrates personification?
7. "And he's long gone when he's next to me"
8. This gives human qualities/characteristics to things, places, plants, animals and ideas. What figure of speech is this?
9. Her singing voice sounded like a door with a squeaky hinge. The simile in this sentence means:
10. What is the figure of speech called when there is a repetition of vowel sounds?
11. "Her face is as white as snow, " is an example of .....
12. Killer Kangaroos Kick Koalas
13. What is the meaning of the following metaphor:He has the heart of a lion.
14. Man proposes, God disposes.
15. Identify the figure of speech in the following sentence:I am so hungry I can eat a mountain.
16. Complete the following sentence:Alliteration is the repetition of ..... ?
17. The snow is a white blanket is an example of a???
18. Which of the following figures of speech uses words to evoke the actual sound of the thing they refer to or describe?
19. The howling of the wind signifies the coming of a rainy season.
20. Which figure of speech is the author using?"Robert was white as a sheet after he walked out of the horror movie"
21. "Sunlight was caressing his window." is an example of .....
22. Don't bother him! He already has a mountain of homework to do.
23. As blind as a bat ..... is a type of???
24. His shout was like the cry of an eagle ready for battle.
25. "The wind was so cold. The air was so damp I could not move my finger as the wind continued around me" is an emample of
26. The clouds are fluffy cotton candy in the sky.
27. Which figure of speech is the author using?"Love is an ideal thing, marriage a real thing"
28. What is the figure of speech in the sentence 'Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers'?
29. Life is bitter sweet.
30. I couldn't sleep. All I could hear was the drip, drip, drip of the faulty faucet.
31. What is a word or phrase that means something other than what is actually said?
32. 'She swims like a fish.'This is an example of .....
33. The sky misses the sun at night.
34. The players pursued the bouncing ball as fast as they could carry themselves.This is an example of:
35. Onomatopoeia is best described through which example?
36. Our math teacher whispers while she walks
37. Humans need only three things to survive:sustenance, clothing, shelter.
38. Which is the correct spelling of the word below.
39. Mario wanted to rewrite his report, but he had bigger fish to fry.What does the idiom mean in this sentence?
40. '' You blithering bumpkin" is a n example of .....
41. What type of imagery is portrayed in the following sentence?The classroom was quiet.
42. Charlie preferred to eat chocolate chewey cheese flavoured ice-cream.
43. What figure of speech is described as the usage of exaggerated terms in order to emphasize or heighten the effect of something?
44. Two roads diverged in a yellow wood.
45. My mother is so shy and boring. Last night at the magician show, he called her up on stage for her act. It was hilarious!
46. Identify the figure of speech shown in the sentence."Many people passed away because of the endless war of nations."
47. Select the simile
48. He came, he saw, and he conquered.
49. So she put them on the shelf
50. People use figurative language in their daily life.
51. I received a text message from my mom telling me that I should go home tonight. I told my friends to leave them at 9. Then, I had known that the party died as soon as I left the part.
52. 5) 1. I have told you to clean your room a million times, but you still have not done it!
53. "You may shoot me with your words, You may cut me with your eyes, You may kill me with your hatefulness, But still, like air, I'll rise"
54. Which figure of speech compares two unlike things using 'like' or 'as'?
55. He was as brave as a lion.
56. What does the quote below mean?"The best university of all is a collection of books."
57. Nobody can beat level six.
58. It crackled and growled and roared and howled.
59. Watson is as fat as a pie.
60. The popular toy flew off the shelves during the holidays.