This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Writing Style > Figures Of Speech – Quiz 39 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Figures Of Speech Quiz 39 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. "it is really dull day when we don't go to the mall"This sentence is an example of: A) Simile. B) Alliteration. C) Metaphor. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Alliteration. 2. Life is as tedious as a twice-told tale. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Hyperbole. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 3. My favorite pizza toppings are; sausage, peppers, extra cheese, and mushrooms. A) Correctly punctuated. B) Incorrectly punctuated. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Incorrectly punctuated. 4. Paradox and oxymoron mean the same thing. (a) A) A. False. B) True. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A. False. 5. What is it called when an outcome is the opposite of what is expected? A) Personification. B) Simile. C) Irony. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Irony. 6. The cactus saluted any visitor brave enough to travel the scorched land. A) Simile. B) Hyperbole. C) Metaphor. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Personification. 7. Don't throw in the towel now! The game isn't over yet. A) Get too sweaty. B) Keep on trying. C) Give up. D) Get some rest. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Give up. 8. Make this sentence into a Simile"Her eyes are diamonds." A) Her eyes are bright. B) Her eyes are expensive. C) Her eyes are shining diamonds. D) Her eyes shine like a diamond. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Her eyes shine like a diamond. 9. Many Mechanics Made Mary's Mother's Motor Move. A) Repetition. B) Personification. C) Simile. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Alliteration. 10. What is the figure of speech called when you make a direct comparison using the words 'like' or 'as'? A) Hyperbole. B) Onomatopoeia. C) Assonance. D) Simile. E) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Simile. 11. Go cry me a river! A) Hyperbole. B) Idiom. C) Alliteration. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hyperbole. 12. Which figure of speech is the author using?"I am so hungry I could eat a horse" A) Alliteration. B) Hyperbole. C) Repetition. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hyperbole. 13. What does the quote below mean? "Striving for success without hard work is like yryinbgto harvest where you haven't planted? (ANA) A) It is important to strive for success where you plant to harvest. B) You should plant crops. C) It is wrong to work hard for success. D) To be successful you must first work hard. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) To be successful you must first work hard. 14. Alliteration is the repetition of sounds at the beginning of nearby words. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 15. What figure of speech is used in the following sentence?The leaves of the tree danced in the breeze. A) Personification. B) Metaphor. C) Simile. D) Idiom. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Personification. 16. She is an open book = she has nothing to hide. A) Alliteration. B) Simile. C) Imagery. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Metaphor. 17. Have you seen a fish drowning? A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Personification. D) Hyperbole. E) Irony. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Irony. 18. Kelani is as proud as a peacock. A) Simile. B) Hyperbole. C) Metaphor. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 19. A figure of speech in which two dissimilar things are compared to each other using the terms "like" or "as." A) Metaphor. B) Simile. C) Personification. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Simile. 20. My mother is my east and west. A) Simile. B) Personification. C) Metaphor. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Metaphor. 21. Go, grow, and glow groceries are sold by the road. A) Assonance. B) Alliteration. C) Simile. D) Onomatopoeia. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Assonance. 22. He can reach the sky A) Metaphor. B) Simile. C) Hyperbole. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hyperbole. 23. My mom is going to explode when I show her my grades. *Choose the correct figure of speech A) Hyperbole. B) Metaphor. C) Alliteration. D) Allusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hyperbole. 24. Figurative expression which compares two different things in a figurative sense. "Like" and "as" are not used (A is B.). A) Simile. B) Euphemism. C) Metaphor. D) Comparison. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Metaphor. 25. "He is as quick as a leopard." is an example of ..... A) Metaphor. B) Simile. C) Alliteration. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Simile. 26. The leaves whispered to my ears when I went to the forest. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Personification. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Personification. 27. Life is a precious possession. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Personification. D) Hyperbole. E) Irony. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 28. She is as crazy as a monkey A) Hyperbole. B) Metaphor. C) Simile. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Simile. 29. We will swear loyalty to the crown. A) Apostrophe. B) Metonymy. C) Synecdoche. D) Verbal irony. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metonymy. 30. The wind whisper as it blows inside my ear. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Personification. D) None of the above. 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