This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Writing Style > Figures Of Speech – Quiz 19 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Figures Of Speech Quiz 19 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Identify the figure of speech in these lines:But also give him quiet time to ponder the eternal mystery of birds in the sky, bees in the sun, and the flowers on a green hillside. A) Visual Imagery (engages the sense of sight.). B) Auditory imagery (engages the sense of hearing). C) Tactile imagery (engages the sense of touch). D) Gustatory imagery (engages the sense of taste). Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Visual Imagery (engages the sense of sight.). 2. An exaggeration of statements or claims that are not meant to be taken literally is a ..... A) Hyperbole. B) Simile. C) Personification. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hyperbole. 3. There is a deafening silence in the library. A) Oxymoron. B) Paradox. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Oxymoron. 4. The sun is smiling at us. A) Simile. B) Personification. C) Metaphor. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Personification. 5. I was awaken with a start at the loud beep of my alarm clock. A) Simile. B) Personification. C) Onomatopoeia. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Onomatopoeia. 6. Identify the figure of speech-1) Writers use literary devices in their poems, like artists blending colours on a canvas. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Anaphora. D) Onomatopoeia. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 7. I ran a million miles A) Metaphor. B) Personification. C) Simile. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hyperbole. 8. What figure of speech is present in the sentence 'The alarm clock screamed at me to wake up'? A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Personification. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Personification. 9. Choose the definition of:Imagery A) Word or phrase that describes one thing in terms of another. B) Type of figurative language that makes a comparison between two unlike things by using the words like or as. C) Comparison using extreme exaggeration. D) Uses the five senses to create a mental picture. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Uses the five senses to create a mental picture. 10. John cried me a river. A) Hyperbole. B) Personification. C) Simile. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hyperbole. 11. My face was as red as a ripe tomato. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Onomatopoeia. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 12. Pick up the example of simile from the following. A) Time is as important as money. B) Time is money. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Time is as important as money. 13. I so loved reading I was willing to walk 15 miles to the library in the snow, uphill. A) Personification. B) Simile. C) Metaphor. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hyperbole. 14. Time flies when you're having fun. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Personification. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Personification. 15. Black bug bit a big black bear A) Personification. B) Alliteration. C) Repetition. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Alliteration. 16. Give an example of personification in a sentence. A) The wind whispered through the trees. B) The river flowed gently. C) The cat meowed at the door. D) The sun is shining brightly. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The wind whispered through the trees. 17. "I wore a sweater, and a hat, and a scarf, and a pair of boots, and mittens." A) Asyndeton. B) Polysyndeton. C) Alliteration. D) Anaphora. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Asyndeton. 18. The morning sun rose in the sky, like a golden ball lighting up the world. A) Metaphor. B) Simile. C) Personification. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Simile. 19. "The wind howled through the night like a wolf on the prowl" is an example of which figurative language? A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Personification. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 20. Has two opposite words side by side. A) Oxymoron. B) Irony. C) Paradox. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Paradox. 21. "Dogs' droppings is smelling like violets and prrrimroses compared with children"is an example of ..... A) Alliteration. B) Simile. C) Metaphor. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Simile. 22. Choose the Figure of speech used in the following sentence."He is a fish out of water." A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Personification. D) Onomatopoeia. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 23. You can save money by spending it. A) OXYMORON. B) LITOTES. C) PUN. D) PARADOX. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) PARADOX. 24. This is the atmosphere the author has given the piece, typically a fictional piece. A) Tone. B) Mood. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mood. 25. The wind bowed down to her grace. What figure of speech was used here? A) Hyperbole. B) Simile. C) Metaphor. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Personification. ← 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