This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Writing Style > Figures Of Speech – Quiz 8 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Figures Of Speech Quiz 8 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Do not be comfortable with your laurels yet, as the bigger victory is to win the war, not the battle. A) Metonymy. B) Euphemism. C) Apostrophe. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Metonymy. 2. It brought joy and cheer. A) Tautology. B) Personification. C) Pun. D) Oxymoron. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tautology. 3. The phrase "Passed away" instead of "died" is an example of ..... A) Euphemism. B) Metaphor. C) Simile. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Euphemism. 4. Complete the following sentence:Assonance is the repetition of ..... sounds. A) Vowel. B) Harsh. C) Rhyme. D) Consonant. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Vowel. 5. What kind of figure of speech represents the sound of what is being described? A) Onomatopoeia. B) Metonymy. C) Irony. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Onomatopoeia. 6. What is the following an example of? "Peter Piper Picked a Peck of Pickled Peppers" A) Idiom. B) Alliteration. C) Hyperbole. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Alliteration. 7. Peter planted petunias. A) Alliteration. B) Hyperbole. C) Onomatopoeia. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Alliteration. 8. I got blinded by his smile. A) Simile. B) Hyperbole. C) Metaphor. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hyperbole. 9. Metaphor is a figure of speech that describes an object or action in a way that isn't literally true, but helps explain an idea or make a comparison. A) FALSE. B) TRUE. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) TRUE. 10. Death lays his icy hands on kings. A) Epigram. B) Apostrophe. C) Personification. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Personification. 11. "Adding fuel to the fire" can mean: A) Making a good situation better. B) Making a bad situation worse. C) Making the room hotter. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Making a bad situation worse. 12. An opportunity finally knocked at his door is an example of which figure of speech? A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Personification. D) Hypernite. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Personification. 13. Things aren't always going to go your way. Life isn't a bed of roses, you know. A) Sweet-smelling. B) Full of thorns. C) Easy and comfortable. D) Painful and difficult. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Easy and comfortable. 14. Personification is when you give a nonhuman thing a human characteristic. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 15. Identify the figure of speech shown in the sentence."Cries of sorrow rose from the village and reached the sky." A) Oxymoron. B) Irony. C) Euphemism. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hyperbole. 16. Two figures of speech that have to do with word sounds are: A) Metaphor and simile. B) Personification and idiom. C) Alliteration and onomatopoeia. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Alliteration and onomatopoeia. 17. '' vee shall make to disappear every single smelly little brat" is an exampleof ..... A) Alliteration. B) Simile. C) Metaphor. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Alliteration. 18. Identify the figure of speech in these lines:But also give him quiet time to ponder the eternal mystery of birds in the sky, bees in the sun, and the flowers on a green hillside. A) Tactile imagery (engages the sense of touch). B) Gustatory imagery (engages the sense of taste). C) Auditory imagery (engages the sense of hearing). D) Visual Imagery (engages the sense of sight.). Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Visual Imagery (engages the sense of sight.). 19. An exaggeration of statements or claims that are not meant to be taken literally is a ..... A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Hyperbole. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hyperbole. 20. There is a deafening silence in the library. A) Oxymoron. B) Paradox. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Oxymoron. 21. The sun is smiling at us. A) Simile. B) Personification. C) Metaphor. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Personification. 22. I was awaken with a start at the loud beep of my alarm clock. A) Metaphor. B) Personification. C) Simile. D) Onomatopoeia. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Onomatopoeia. 23. Identify the figure of speech-1) Writers use literary devices in their poems, like artists blending colours on a canvas. A) Metaphor. B) Simile. C) Onomatopoeia. D) Anaphora. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Simile. 24. I ran a million miles A) Metaphor. B) Personification. C) Simile. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hyperbole. 25. What figure of speech is present in the sentence 'The alarm clock screamed at me to wake up'? A) Metaphor. B) Hyperbole. C) Personification. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Personification. 26. Choose the definition of:Imagery A) Word or phrase that describes one thing in terms of another. B) Comparison using extreme exaggeration. C) Uses the five senses to create a mental picture. D) Type of figurative language that makes a comparison between two unlike things by using the words like or as. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Uses the five senses to create a mental picture. 27. John cried me a river. A) Personification. B) Hyperbole. C) Metaphor. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hyperbole. 28. My face was as red as a ripe tomato. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Hyperbole. D) Onomatopoeia. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 29. Pick up the example of simile from the following. A) Time is as important as money. B) Time is money. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Time is as important as money. 30. I so loved reading I was willing to walk 15 miles to the library in the snow, uphill. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Personification. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hyperbole. 31. Time flies when you're having fun. A) Personification. B) Metaphor. C) Simile. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Personification. 32. Give an example of personification in a sentence. A) The wind whispered through the trees. B) The cat meowed at the door. C) The sun is shining brightly. D) The river flowed gently. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The wind whispered through the trees. 33. "I wore a sweater, and a hat, and a scarf, and a pair of boots, and mittens." A) Asyndeton. B) Polysyndeton. C) Alliteration. D) Anaphora. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Asyndeton. 34. The morning sun rose in the sky, like a golden ball lighting up the world. A) Metaphor. B) Hyperbole. C) Personification. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Simile. 35. "The wind howled through the night like a wolf on the prowl" is an example of which figurative language? A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Personification. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 36. Has two opposite words side by side. A) Paradox. B) Simile. C) Irony. D) Oxymoron. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Paradox. 37. "Dogs' droppings is smelling like violets and prrrimroses compared with children"is an example of ..... A) Alliteration. B) Simile. C) Metaphor. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Simile. 38. Choose the Figure of speech used in the following sentence."He is a fish out of water." A) Metaphor. B) Simile. C) Onomatopoeia. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Metaphor. 39. You can save money by spending it. A) PUN. B) OXYMORON. C) PARADOX. D) LITOTES. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) PARADOX. 40. This is the atmosphere the author has given the piece, typically a fictional piece. A) Tone. B) Mood. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mood. 41. The wind bowed down to her grace. What figure of speech was used here? A) Personification. B) Hyperbole. C) Simile. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Personification. 42. I'm usually as quiet as a mouse during class A) Oxymoron. B) Metaphor. C) Simile. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Simile. 43. I have told you a million times to stop leaving your shoes on the floor. A) Metonymy. B) Hyperbole. C) Alliteration. D) Oxymoron. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hyperbole. 44. My backpack weighed a ton with all of my books in it. A) Simile. B) Idiom. C) Irony. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hyperbole. 45. And he said, "you are too selfish to dwell in a human form. A) Repetition. B) Epigram. C) Alliteration. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Epigram. 46. "Oh nature, thou art my goddess?" A) Apostrophe. B) Metonymy. C) Verbal irony. D) Synecdoche. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Apostrophe. 47. ..... the supermarket ..... the fresh market offer my favorite drink:carrot juice A) Whether/or. B) Both/and. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Both/and. 48. I reminisce on the stress I caused A) Consonance. B) Assonance. C) Alliteration. D) Allusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Consonance. 49. He is a great philosopher, a member of parliament and plays golf well. A) Simile. B) Alliteration. C) Climax. D) Anticlimax. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Anticlimax. 50. My monster truck toy is as big as a Guanacaste tree A) Metaphor. B) Simile. C) Alliteration. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Simile. 51. My teacher asked me to present my report tomorrow morning. I feel nervous now and I have no choice but to be on my fullest and get my act together. A) IDIOM. B) IRONY. C) METAPHOR. D) LITERAL. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) IDIOM. 52. She is as innocent as a angel. Which is the Figure of Speech here? A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 53. The boy cried like a baby when he fell off from the swing. A) Metaphor. B) Hyperbole. C) Simile. D) Onomatopoeia. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Simile. 54. The chairs are standing so firm. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Personification. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Personification. 55. Identify the metaphor in the following sentence: "The server room was a zoo during the system upgrade." A) The system upgrade was long. B) The server room was a zoo. C) The technicians were working. D) The server room was noisy. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The server room was a zoo. 56. "It's so fluffy I'm gonna die!" is a hyperboly A) False. B) True. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 57. Her sweet sorrow left a strange feeling in my heart. A) Irony. B) Allusion. C) Simile. D) Oxymoron. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Oxymoron. 58. The deafening silence was broken by the crash of a falling tree. A) Oxymoron. B) Hyperbole. C) Alliteration. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Oxymoron. 59. Which figure of speech is the author using?"Tom and John are as different as night and day" A) Repetition. B) Personification. C) Metaphor. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Simile. 60. Choose the correct option- "The flowers were begging for water" A) Simile. B) Hyperbole. C) Alletration. D) Personification. 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