This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Writing Style > Figures Of Speech – Quiz 11 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Figures Of Speech Quiz 11 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Betsy baked better bread with bananas, blueberries, and butter A) Simile. B) Onomatopoeia. C) Alliteration. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Alliteration. 2. What figure of speech is used in the sentence below?My brother was a hurricane rumbling through the room. A) Simile. B) Personification. C) Metaphor. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Metaphor. 3. Bright star, I wonder why I can't harness that radiance you carry. A) Metonymy. B) Euphemism. C) Apostrophe. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Apostrophe. 4. A figure of speech in which one object or idea takes the place of another with which it has a close association. A) Hyperbole. B) Apostrophe. C) Metonymy. D) Understatement. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Metonymy. 5. What type of imagery is portrayed in the following sentence?The guest enjoyed a delicious meal. A) Sight. B) Sound. C) Smell. D) Hearing. E) Taste. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Taste. 6. We welcomed all the wise men from the west. A) Alliteration. B) Hyperbole,. C) , personification. D) , metaphor. E) Simile,. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Alliteration. 7. Which of the following is a direct comparison between two unlike things? A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Personification. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 8. What figure of speech is thisshe is as blind as a bat A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Oxymoron. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 9. Michael is both blind and deaf. Though he is a physically-challenged person, he is still successful in his own little ways. A) IRONY. B) EUPHEMISM. C) HYPERBOLE. D) METONYMY. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) EUPHEMISM. 10. "The president cried a river when he saw the people suffering caused by the pandemic." This is an example of what figure of speech? A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Hyperbole. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hyperbole. 11. Identify the figure of speech in these lines:but teach him also to filter A) Alliteration. B) Consonance (Similar consonant sounds are repeated). C) Simile. D) Assonance (Similar vowel sounds are repeated). Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Assonance (Similar vowel sounds are repeated). 12. Brooklyn is like an angel when she ice skates" is a simile A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 13. He is still in the spring of life. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Alliteration. D) Oxymoron. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 14. Recognize the figure of speech here."My hand is as cold as ice" . A) Metaphor. B) Hyperbole. C) Simile. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Simile. 15. What is the implied meaning of the metaphor in the sentence: "Technology is a thief" ? A) Technology literally steals objects. B) Technology takes away moments and opportunities. C) Technology is a criminal. D) Technology is valuable. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Technology takes away moments and opportunities. 16. The clouds pushed each other around in the sky. A) SIMILE. B) METAPHOR. C) PERSONIFICATION. D) HYPERBOLE. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) PERSONIFICATION. 17. He makes strong fires and flourish. A) Internal Rhyme and Personification. B) Tautology and Personification. C) Litotes and simile. D) Simile and personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Tautology and Personification. 18. ..... is the use of words that mimic sounds. A) Onomatopoeia. B) Oxymoron. C) Imagery. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Onomatopoeia. 19. News spread as fast as a bullet. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Personification. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 20. Choose the Figure of speech used in the following sentence."The water danced across my window." A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Personification. D) Onomatopoeia. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Personification. 21. Identify the figure of speech used in the following sentence:The trees were dancing along with the breeze A) Onomatopoeia. B) Personification. C) Simile. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Personification. 22. Hope springs eternal A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Personification. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Personification. 23. Simile is a figure of speech involving the comparison of one thing with another thing of a different kind, used to make a description more emphatic or vivid. A) TRUE. B) FALSE. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) TRUE. 24. Identify the figures of speech1. Variety is the spice of life. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Pun. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 25. What is the figure of speech in the sentence:'The classroom was a zoo during the break.' A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Hyperbole. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesGrammar QuizzesFigures Of Speech Quiz 1Figures Of Speech Quiz 2Figures Of Speech Quiz 3Figures Of Speech Quiz 4Figures Of Speech Quiz 5Figures Of Speech Quiz 6Figures Of Speech Quiz 7Figures Of Speech Quiz 8Figures Of Speech Quiz 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books