This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Writing Style > Figures Of Speech – Quiz 14 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Figures Of Speech Quiz 14 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The snow is a white blanket is an example of a??? A) Simile. B) Symbolism. C) Metaphor. D) End rhyme. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Metaphor. 2. Which of the following figures of speech uses words to evoke the actual sound of the thing they refer to or describe? A) Alliteration. B) Hyperbole. C) Onomatopoeia. D) Pun. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Onomatopoeia. 3. The howling of the wind signifies the coming of a rainy season. A) Hyperbole. B) Simile. C) Metaphor. D) Onomatopoeia. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Onomatopoeia. 4. Which figure of speech is the author using?"Robert was white as a sheet after he walked out of the horror movie" A) Metaphor. B) Simile. C) Repetition. D) Antithesis. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Simile. 5. "Sunlight was caressing his window." is an example of ..... A) Antithesis. B) Assonance. C) Apostrophe. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Personification. 6. Don't bother him! He already has a mountain of homework to do. A) Simile. B) Irony. C) Hyperbole. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hyperbole. 7. As blind as a bat ..... is a type of??? A) Methaphor. B) Tone. C) Simile. D) Imagery. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Simile. 8. His shout was like the cry of an eagle ready for battle. A) Simile. B) Personification. C) Metaphor. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 9. "The wind was so cold. The air was so damp I could not move my finger as the wind continued around me" is an emample of A) Personfication. B) Imagery. C) Hyperboly. D) Symbol. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Imagery. 10. The clouds are fluffy cotton candy in the sky. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Personification. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 11. Which figure of speech is the author using?"Love is an ideal thing, marriage a real thing" A) Metaphor. B) Repetition. C) Alliteration. D) Antithesis. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Antithesis. 12. What is the figure of speech in the sentence 'Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers'? A) Metaphor. B) Alliteration. C) Simile. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Alliteration. 13. Life is bitter sweet. A) Apostrophe. B) Oxymoron. C) Tautology. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Oxymoron. 14. I couldn't sleep. All I could hear was the drip, drip, drip of the faulty faucet. A) Pun. B) Onomatopoeia. C) Irony. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Onomatopoeia. 15. What is a word or phrase that means something other than what is actually said? A) Idiom. B) Oxymoron. C) Allusion. D) Onomatopoeia. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Idiom. 16. 'She swims like a fish.'This is an example of ..... A) Metaphor. B) Simile. C) Alliteration. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Simile. 17. The sky misses the sun at night. A) Personification. B) Simile. C) Hyperbole. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Personification. 18. The players pursued the bouncing ball as fast as they could carry themselves.This is an example of: A) Alliteration. B) Onomatopoeia. C) Personification. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Alliteration. 19. Onomatopoeia is best described through which example? A) The hissing fireworks on Guy Fawkes. B) Slowly mowing the lawn. C) The curtain was damaged in the rain again. D) Pride embraced her as she walked down the aisle. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The hissing fireworks on Guy Fawkes. 20. Our math teacher whispers while she walks A) Personification. B) Hyperbole. C) Metaphor. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Alliteration. 21. Humans need only three things to survive:sustenance, clothing, shelter. A) Asyndeton. B) Polysyndeton. C) Hendiadys. D) Anaphora. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Asyndeton. 22. Which is the correct spelling of the word below. A) Comparison. B) Comparizon. C) Komparison. D) Comparisonn. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Comparison. 23. Mario wanted to rewrite his report, but he had bigger fish to fry.What does the idiom mean in this sentence? A) He was hungry. B) He had more important things to do first. C) He was lazy. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He had more important things to do first. 24. '' You blithering bumpkin" is a n example of ..... A) Alliteration. B) Simile. C) Metaphor. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Alliteration. 25. What type of imagery is portrayed in the following sentence?The classroom was quiet. A) Sight. B) Sound. C) Smell. D) Hearing. E) Taste. 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