This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Writing Style > Figures Of Speech – Quiz 42 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Figures Of Speech Quiz 42 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. He's running faster that the wind is an example of a ..... A) Hyperbole. B) Metaphor. C) Personification. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hyperbole. 2. "Time, " she pleaded, "please do not take me yet." What figure of speech was used here? A) Apostrophe. B) Metaphor. C) Irony. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Apostrophe. 3. Meow, where's my milk, cried the cat A) Simile. B) Hyperbole. C) Onomatopoeia. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Onomatopoeia. 4. A common, often used expression that does not make sense when taken literally is a (an) ..... A) Idiot. B) Pun. C) Euphemism. D) Idiom. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Idiom. 5. It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness A) Cliche. B) Conceit. C) Anaphora. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Anaphora. 6. Ruby ran across the road in the rain.This is an example of: A) Personification. B) Alliteration. C) Simile. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Alliteration. 7. What figure of speech was used in this sentence:The moon was a ghostly galleon tossed upon the cloudy seas. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Personification. D) Apostrophe. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 8. This figure of speech makes a direct comparison using two unlike/dissimilar things. A) Simile. B) Personification. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 9. Which literary device is a comparison between two things, people, or places using 'like' or 'as'? A) Consonance. B) Simile. C) Oxymoron. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Simile. 10. What figure of speech is being asked? "Rizal! See the fair hope of the Fatherland." A) Personification. B) Metaphor. C) Synecdoche. D) Apostrophe. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Apostrophe. 11. Sensory language is called as Imagery. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 12. The camel is called the "Ship of Desert" . A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Pesonification. D) Pun. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 13. He's so hungry he could eat a horse. A) Metaphor. B) Simile. C) Hyperbole. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hyperbole. 14. He was as brave as a lion. (Identify the figure of speech) A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Personification. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 15. Batman is a dark horse. A) Simile. B) Personification. C) Metaphor. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Metaphor. 16. The righteous shall flourish as the palm tree. Is an Example of? A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Personification. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 17. The trees swing gracefully as the wind blows. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Personification. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Personification. 18. Which figure of speech is the author using?"My schoolbag weighs a tonne" A) Repetition. B) Personification. C) Antithesis. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hyperbole. 19. He struck a streak of bad luck ..... is an example of a??? A) Methaphor. B) Purpose. C) Imagery. D) Consonance. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Consonance. 20. Annie: "Mom, my friend told me I have gorgeous eyes!" Mother: "It is true. Your eyes are as beautiful as the night sky." What figure of speech did the Mother use? A) Metaphor. B) Personification. C) Alliteration. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Simile. 21. Which figure of speech is the author using?"Nick needed new notebooks" A) Repetition. B) Metaphor. C) Antithesis. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Alliteration. 22. The little duckling was pretty ugly. A) Allusion. B) Irony. C) Paradox. D) Oxymoron. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Oxymoron. 23. We can see figures of speech in cartoons and posters. A) TRUE. B) FALSE. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) TRUE. 24. Identify the figure of speech in the sentence 'She is as busy as a bee'? A) Metaphor. B) Hyperbole. C) Onomatopoeia. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Simile. 25. O moon, please shine brighter tonight, and guide me home safely. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Apostrophe. D) Paradox. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Apostrophe. 26. The vase broke, hitting the ground with a booming crash. *Choose the correct figure of speech. A) Idiom. B) Allusion. C) Onomatopoeia. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Onomatopoeia. 27. Which form of figurative speech is this an example of? Shelly sold sea shells by the sea shore. A) Personification. B) Onomatopoeia. C) Alliteration. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Alliteration. 28. A reference to another work in a story, poem, etc A) Assonance. B) Alliteration. C) Allusion. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Allusion. 29. "The school is my home."What is the meaning of this line? A) The school is the place where the speaker feels that he/ she belongs to. B) The speaker lives in the school. C) The speaker never graduated in school. D) There is a home inside the school. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The school is the place where the speaker feels that he/ she belongs to. 30. Please excuse my French, but I was very mad after that driver hit my car. A) Hyperbole. B) Alliteration. C) Personification. D) Euphemism. 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