This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Writing Style > Figures Of Speech – Quiz 7 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Figures Of Speech Quiz 7 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The dentist had a severe toothache A) Irony. B) Synecdoche. C) Paradox. D) Antithesis. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Irony. 2. The Moo Cow's tail is a piece of rope all raveled out where it grows. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Hyperbole. D) Alliteration. E) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 3. Sarah is barking up the wrong tree; that sore doesn't even sell pet supplies. A) Looking in the wrong place. B) Making a fuss over nothing. C) Making too much noise. D) Using her imagination. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Looking in the wrong place. 4. Samantha shot off down the path like a rocket. What does the simile mean in this sentence? A) She ran very fast. B) She jumped into the air. C) She wanted to be an astronaut. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) She ran very fast. 5. Again came the tong-ting-tong of a sheep bell. A) Simile. B) Oxymoron. C) Onomatopoeia. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Onomatopoeia. 6. Death touched Miss David with its icy fingers. A) Hyperbole. B) Euphemism. C) Personification. D) Litotes. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Personification. 7. This is nice hot coffee. A) Polysyndeton. B) Alliteration. C) Hendiadys. D) Anaphora. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hendiadys. 8. Things became hard in life so she just kept swimming. What does this mean? A) She went to sleep. B) She kept going. C) She stoped in the middle. D) She gave up. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) She kept going. 9. You are always such a big baby! A) Oxymoron. B) Hyperbole. C) Personification. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Oxymoron. 10. The road to success is always under construction. *Choose the correct figure of speech. A) Pun. B) Personification. C) Alliteration. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pun. 11. What figure of speech is used in the sentence:'The stars danced playfully in the moonlit sky'? A) Metaphor. B) Simile. C) Personification. D) Onomatopoeia. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Personification. 12. Juan had a hard time hearing the teacher over his grumbling stomach. *What is the onomatopoeia? A) Grumbling. B) Teacher. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Grumbling. 13. 'They lived and laughed and loved and left.' (James Joyce). This quote is an example of what type of figure of speech? A) Motif. B) Polysyndeton. C) Satire. D) Hypophora. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Polysyndeton. 14. "I'm so thirtsy, I could drink a lake." is an example of Oxymoron. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 15. "Help came running fast when the Filipinos needed each other." This is an example of what figure of speech? A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Hyperbole. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Personification. 16. Which of these completes this sentence with alliteration?Are you hungry? Let's find a cafe for ..... , ..... and ..... A) Egg, chips and cola. B) Coffee, cakes and tea. C) Coffee, cakes and cola. D) Fish, chips and coffee. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Coffee, cakes and cola. 17. The phrase "The thunder growled in the distance" is an example of ..... A) Personification. B) Repetition. C) Anaphora. D) Onomatopoeia. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Personification. 18. The sentence "The eager elephant eagerly ate eight enormous eggs" is an example of ..... A) Alliteration. B) Metaphor. C) Simile. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Alliteration. 19. How does the Easter bunny stay fit? EGG-XERCISE! A) Pun. B) Irony. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pun. 20. A joining of two seemingly contradictory terms A) Oxymoron. B) Euphemism. C) Hyperbole. D) Paradox. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Oxymoron. 21. Identify the figurative language in the sentence: "The computer has a mind of its own." A) Simile. B) Hyperbole. C) Personification. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Personification. 22. It is a figure of speech which shows expression of one's meaning by using language that normally signifies the opposite. A) Alliteration. B) Synecdoche. C) Onomatopoeia. D) Irony. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Irony. 23. The grass waved to the Alex at the park. A) Personification. B) Hyperbole. C) Metaphor. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Personification. 24. A (an) ..... is a play on words. A) Oxymoron. B) Pun. C) Idiom. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pun. 25. With malice toward none; with charity for all; with firmness in the right. A) Anaphora. B) Euphemism. C) Conceit. D) Cliche. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Anaphora. 26. Away, away in the Northland A) Repetition. B) Tautology. C) Hyperbole. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Repetition. 27. What type of imagery is portrayed in the following sentence?The movie was great. A) Taste. B) Hearing. C) Smell. D) Sound. E) Sight. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Sight. 28. Her smile was as bright as the sun. A) Metaphor. B) Hyperbole. C) Personification. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Simile. 29. The evening was lonely for me, and I was reading a book A) Hyperbole. B) Metaphor. C) Simile. D) Personification. E) Repetition. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Personification. 30. What figure of speech is used in the phrase 'as brave as a lion'? A) Hyperbole. B) Metaphor. C) Simile. D) Onomatopoeia. 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