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Figures Of Speech Quiz 7 (60 MCQs)

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1. It was raining cats and dogs outside.
2. When a part of something is used to refer to the whole.
3. Which of the following is not an allusion
4. A type of figurative language that compares one thing to another thing by stating that something "is" another thing.
5. Complete this personification:The flowers ..... in the wind
6. "Her words cut deeper than a knife."Which figure of speech has been used here?
7. A figure of speech employed by writers or speakers to intentionally make a situation seem less important than it really is.
8. I'm so hungry I could eat a house. *Choose the correct figure of speech.
9. My brother is a couch potato.
10. Which figure of speech is the author using?"Speech is silver, but silence is gold."
11. "The fat comedian is as plump as a pillow." What is compared?
12. Which figure of speech repeats the same sound or letter at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words?
13. When a closely related term or symbol is substituted for what it represents, or some concrete term is used for a more abstract idea, the figure of speech is referred to as a .....
14. Which among the following sentences uses an anaphora?
15. I walked a million miles to get here.
16. Actions speak louder than words.
17. The camel is the ship of the desert.
18. An example of alliteration is:"Silently, softly the swans swam on the lake."
19. I have not seen her for ages.
20. An excellent decision she made there.
21. An obvious exaggeration that is not meant to be taken literally
22. Choose the definition of:Onomatopoeia
23. The moon winked at me through the clouds as if to say I should venture forward.'What object is being personified in the sentence?
24. Give an example of a simile.
25. If you have "opened up a can of worms, " it means:
26. "The more you look, the less you see."
27. I'm on my 14 caratsI'm 14 caratDoing it up like Midas, mhm Now you say I got a touch So good, so good Make you never wanna leave So don't, so don't ..... Selena Gomez "Good For You" What is the allusion?
28. Let the floods clap their hands.
29. Figure of speech in which the author makes an obvious exaggeration
30. She stuck the stolen stapler in her suitcase
31. What do you call an elf who sings and prepares presents?A wrapper!
32. I slept like a log last night.
33. Identify the figure of speech shown in the sentence."The deafening silence in this room is unbearable."
34. Mrs. Siberski whispered, "Shhhhh!" during the test. $^{This is an example of ..... }$
35. "The child was playing with a big toy named Tiny" is an example of .....
36. What is giving human characteristics to inanimate objects?
37. Every tinkle on the shingles has an echo in the heart.
38. The first time I saw her, she looked like Snow White.
39. Their house was dirtier than a pig's pen.
40. Which figure of speech is used in the line "He is the Shakespeare of the class." ?
41. Blow-by-blow, the reporters busily broadcasted the happenings.
42. How is the allusion Adam and Eve commonly used?
43. Identify the figure of speech shown in the sentence. "The truth was like a bad taste on his tongue."
44. Mr. Felix is a tree that can withstand any storm.
45. The cookies are awfully good!
46. The child sneaked like a ninja past the sleeping dog.
47. Tom was a tornado moving through the classroom.
48. In the sentence "The moon was a silver coin in the sky, " which figurative language is used?
49. What do we call two contradictory words used together to signify two different but exact ideas.
50. Identify the figure of speech in this sentence:I have never seen anyone so tall, he was taller than the Burj Khalifa
51. Identify the figure of speech shown in the sentence."The pen is mightier than the sword."
52. Identify the figure of speech in the following sentence:'She sells seashells by the seashore.'
53. "And Joshua, and all of Israel with him, took Achan the son of Zerah, and the silver, and the garment, and the wedge of gold, and his sons, and his daughters, and his oxen, and his asses, and his sheep, and his tent, and all that he had."
54. A brief reference to a famous historical figure or event, like from a movie or a book.
55. The sentences below are examples of Simile, EXCEPT.
56. Jennider's eyes were diamonds at the party; always bright and sparkling!
57. You're as light as a feather.
58. What figure of speech was used in this sentence:Roll on, thou dark and deep blue Ocean ..... roll!
59. The visually-impaired man rode with his service dog.
60. I have been experiencing financial and emotional crisis since my brother passed away. Life is really a roller coaster of emotions.
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