This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Writing Style > Figures Of Speech – Quiz 27 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Figures Of Speech Quiz 27 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. King Richard was as brave as a lion. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Onomatopoeia. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 2. Mike Kennedy's coffee was as cold as the snow that was falling outside A) Metaphor. B) Simile. C) Personification. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Simile. 3. The COVID-19 virus is a silent killer. A) Hyperbole. B) Simile. C) Euphemism. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Metaphor. 4. A figure of speech has to be interpreted by the reader or listener. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 5. Which figure of speech is the author using?"I've told you to stop a million times" A) Personification. B) Metaphor. C) Hyperbole. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hyperbole. 6. The repetition of the same initial consonant sound in the series of words is called A) Allusion. B) Onomatopoeia. C) Alliteration. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Alliteration. 7. 'Silence your cellphone so that it does not beep during the movie.' This is an example of ..... A) Personification. B) Onomatopoeia. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Onomatopoeia. 8. What type of figure of speech is present in this sentence?The cat meowed at the dog from the window. A) Metaphor. B) Simile. C) Hyperbole. D) Onomatopoeia. E) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Onomatopoeia. 9. Thou still unravished bride of quiteness, Thou foster child of silence and slow time. A) Alliteration. B) Assonance. C) Consonance. D) Allusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Assonance. 10. How many figures of speech do we have? A) 5 figures of speech. B) 250 figures of speech. C) More than 250 figures of speech. D) More than 500 figures of speech. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) More than 250 figures of speech. 11. Reading while sunbathing makes you well red. A) Hyperbole. B) Pun. C) Irony. D) Euphemism. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pun. 12. The trees and flowers are dancing in her garden A) Hyperbole. B) Alliteration. C) Personification. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Personification. 13. Mr. Sharma thought the sweets were calling him. A) Apostrophe. B) Personification. C) Chaimus. D) Pun. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Personification. 14. What type of imagery is portrayed in the following sentence?The house is spooky. A) Sight. B) Sound. C) Smell. D) Hearing. E) Taste. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sight. 15. The chair sat sternly, ready to receive its master. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Personification. D) Irony. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Personification. 16. People liked a picture on how useless Facebook is on Facebook. A) Alliteration. B) Repetition. C) Irony. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Irony. 17. The cat's ..... told me it was happy. A) Splash. B) Purr. C) Quack. D) Boom. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Purr. 18. Analyze the use of personification in the sentence: "The smartphone hummed with notifications." A) The smartphone is literally humming. B) The activity of the smartphone is being compared to humming. C) The smartphone is malfunctioning. D) The smartphone is turned off. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The activity of the smartphone is being compared to humming. 19. Use of words to express the opposite of the literal meaning A) Metaphor. B) Simile. C) Idiom. D) Irony. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Irony. 20. 'Lightning danced across the sky.' Which type of figurative tool is used? A) Metaphor. B) Personification. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Personification. 21. A figure of speech is a deviation from the ordinary use of words in order to increase their effectiveness. A) False. B) True. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 22. Which figure of speech is used in the sentence 'It's raining cats and dogs'? A) Simile (Metaphor). B) Idiom (Hyperbole). C) Alliteration. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Idiom (Hyperbole). 23. Substituting the word "euthanasia" for "mercy killing" or "killing the terminally ill" is an example of which of the following figures of speech (APP) A) Hyperbole. B) Euphimism. C) Assonance. D) Oxymoron. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Euphimism. 24. A pun ..... A) Is a form of poetry. B) Is when words with the same sounding beginning are used. C) Is a word that mimics the sound of the object or action it refers to. D) Is the creation of humour by using litteral meanings. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Is the creation of humour by using litteral meanings. 25. It is the repetition of beginning word sounds A) Alliteration. B) Synecdoche. C) Assonance. D) Irony. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Alliteration. 26. Which one of these is an example of an idiom? A) I'm like a pineapple because I'm sweet on the inside. B) I'm so smart. C) I'm taller than a building. D) I don't think I'm tall. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) I'm taller than a building. 27. Neal was like a ..... ; he always tried to predict the weather. A) Meteorologist. B) Biologist. C) Teacher. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Meteorologist. 28. O Solitude! Where are the charms that sages have seen in thy face? A) Personification. B) Hyperbole. C) Apostrophe. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Apostrophe. 29. A metonym is a kind of ..... (REM) A) Simile. B) Proverb. C) Metaphor. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Metaphor. 30. Cause even the stars they burn some even fall to the earth. A) Simile. B) Hyperbole. C) Metaphor. 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