This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Writing Style > Figures Of Speech – Quiz 9 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Figures Of Speech Quiz 9 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Give an example of a metaphor. A) The wind whispered through the trees. B) His smile was a rainbow. C) The sun is a yellow ball. D) Her eyes were sparkling diamonds. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Her eyes were sparkling diamonds. 2. She is the apple of my eye. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Personification. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 3. Other words can be in between the words that start with the same letter. Example:He is highly regarded as humble and honest. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 4. Oh your such a Pinocchio What does this mean? A) Such a liar. B) Such a bad person. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Such a liar. 5. Which of these words is spelled incorrectly. A) Carcass. B) Article. C) Metafor. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Metafor. 6. Identify the figure of speech in the phrase 'It's raining cats and dogs'. A) Metaphor. B) Personification. C) Simile. D) Idiom. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Idiom. 7. Comparison of two things without using the word like and as. A) Metaphor. B) Personification. C) Simile. D) Oxymoron. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Metaphor. 8. Identify the figure of speech shown in the sentence."A robber steals valuables from a police station." A) Irony. B) Euphemism. C) Oxymoron. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Irony. 9. The buzz saw snarled and rattled in the yard. A) ALLITERATION. B) SIMILE. C) ONOMATOPOEIA. D) HYPERBOLE. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) ONOMATOPOEIA. 10. The waves ..... happily upon the pebbled shore. A) Danced. B) Trudged. C) Ran. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Danced. 11. Economically disadvantaged is a euphemism for ..... A) Lost. B) Without a job. C) Poor. D) Rich. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Poor. 12. Which of the following involves indirect comparison by referring to one thing by mentioning another? A) Simile. B) Hyperbole. C) Pun. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Metaphor. 13. Choose the correct option- "Claire's face is Sunshine when she walks into the room" A) Hyperbole. B) Personification. C) Metaphor. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Metaphor. 14. It is a figure of speech that give human characteristics into something that is not human. A) Personification. B) Simile. C) Metaphor. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Personification. 15. The mountain stood proud, a mighty fortress guarding the valley below. A) Simile. B) Personification. C) Hyperbole. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Metaphor. 16. I can eat a thousand hamburgers after I finish this exhausting task. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Alliteration. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hyperbole. 17. She was so hungry she could eat a horse A) Metonymy. B) Personification. C) Hyperbole. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hyperbole. 18. The wind wispered the rumors of the forest A) , metaphor,. B) Hyperbole,. C) , personification,. D) Alliteration. E) Simile,. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) , personification,. 19. The hills rejoice and clap their hands. A) Hyperbole. B) Personification. C) Metaphor. D) Oxymoron. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Personification. 20. "Covid 19 is a hurdle we need to overcome, " is an example of what figure of speech? A) Personification. B) Simile. C) Metaphor. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Metaphor. 21. Her life was a rainbow of experiences. A) Metaphor. B) Hyperbole. C) Simile. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Metaphor. 22. Your eyes whispered, "have we met?" A) Simile. B) Irony. C) Personification. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Personification. 23. Ugh, my phone, please load my messages. A) Irony. B) Simile. C) Apostrophe. D) Metaphor. E) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Apostrophe. 24. Determine whether the following sentence is literal or figurative: "The computer hummed like a busy office." A) Literal. B) Figurative. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Figurative. 25. When I saw her smile, a stone rolled away from my heart. A) Hyperbole. B) Simile. C) Metaphor. D) Cliche. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hyperbole. 26. What figure of speech is used in the phrase 'the clock ticked loudly'? A) Personification. B) Alliteration. C) Metaphor. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Personification. 27. This city never sleeps. A) SIMILE. B) METAPHOR. C) PERSONIFICATION. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) PERSONIFICATION. 28. Identify the figure of speech:The carpet was cleaned, but it was still full of kinks and creases. A) Assonance. B) Hyperbole. C) Alliteration. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Alliteration. 29. These high heels are killing me. A) Simile. B) Alliteration. C) Imagery. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hyperbole. 30. It is a comparison of two things using "like" & "as" A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Hyperbole. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 31. The picture says a lot about the man. A) Onomatopoeia. B) Hyperbole. C) Metaphor. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Personification. 32. Identify the figure of speech shown in the sentence."If there's one thing that I know, it's that I don't know anything at all." A) Euphemism. B) Hyperbole. C) Paradox. D) Oxymoron. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Paradox. 33. "Max's personality is as colorful as a box of crayons" is an example of A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 34. Purple pandas painted pictures A) Pun. B) Personification. C) Alliteration. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Alliteration. 35. The following sentence is an example of what figure of speech?I don't like chocolate. A) None. B) Metaphor. C) Simile. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) None. 36. Cause your hot and your cold, your yes and your no ..... the lyrics is an example of A) Oxymoron. B) Paradox. C) Metaphor. D) Irony. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Paradox. 37. What is the meaning of this line?"Can you heart my heart beat from miles away?" A) The speaker is in love. B) Th speaker's heart is very from from him/her. C) The speaker's heart is beating so loud. D) The speaker's heart is pumping so fast. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The speaker is in love. 38. Does oxymoron use two contradictory words? A) Yes. B) No. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Yes. 39. His laughter was like a warm blanket or a familier song. A) Alliteration. B) Simile,. C) Metaphor,. D) , hyperbole,. E) Personification,. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Simile,. 40. The wind howled in the storm. A) Onomatopoeia. B) Metaphor. C) Hyperbole. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Onomatopoeia. 41. The big bad bear bored the baby bunnies by the bushes. A) Simile. B) Assonance. C) Alliteration. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Alliteration. 42. This choice is a crossroad in my life. A) Simile. B) Hyperbole. C) Metaphor. D) Personification. E) Irony. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Metaphor. 43. Gives human attribute to things. A) Paradox. B) Oxymoron. C) Personification. D) Irony. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Personification. 44. My alarm yelled at me this morning A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Hyperbole. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Personification. 45. Which is NOT an example of Hyperbole? A) You are lovely as a flower. B) If I can't pass all my subject in this semester, I'll die!. C) When you become mine, I'll reach the sky for you. D) It took a thousand years to finish my project. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) You are lovely as a flower. 46. She carries the world in her hand. What figure of speech was used here? A) Euphemism. B) Hyperbole. C) Simile. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hyperbole. 47. The doorbell rang when the mailman arrived. A) Personification. B) Alliteration. C) Onomatopoeia. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Onomatopoeia. 48. Identify the figure of speech in the following sentence:The engineer held the steering to steer the vehicle. A) Simile. B) Alliteration. C) Assonance. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Assonance. 49. The loveliest lady in the land was Helen. A) Personification. B) Simile. C) Metaphor. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Alliteration. 50. "Education is our passport to the future, and tomorrow belongs to those who prepare for it today." A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Personification. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 51. "He is a night owl."The sentence above is an example of: A) Metaphor. B) Personification. C) Simile. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Metaphor. 52. What figure of speech is used to show comparison of two dissimilar objects using the words "like" and "as" ? A) Personification. B) Metaphor. C) Hyperbole. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Simile. 53. What figure of speech is being asked? "The tumult reached the stars." A) Hyperbole. B) Personification. C) Simile. D) I. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hyperbole. 54. "The baby's skin was like a rose petal"This sentence is an example of: A) Hyperbole. B) Metaphor. C) Personification. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Simile. 55. My mother is a dragon. This sentence in an example of a/an A) Metaphor. B) Simile. C) Personification. D) Onomatopoeia. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Metaphor. 56. "Do not go into the water until you have learnt to swim." Is this a paradox? A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 57. A man tastes his wife's delicious home-cooked meal and exclaims, "I shall never eat this food ever again" . A) Hyperbole. B) Pun. C) Irony. D) Euphemism. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Irony. 58. I have tons and tons of work to do. A) Hyperbole. B) Metaphor. C) Personification. D) Simile. E) Irony. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hyperbole. 59. George is as wise as an owl. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Personification. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 60. Can you provide an example of a simile? A) The flowers danced like fairies. B) The sun is as bright as a flashlight. C) Her eyes sparkled like diamonds. D) His voice sounded like a trumpet. 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