This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Writing Style > Figures Of Speech – Quiz 2 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Figures Of Speech Quiz 2 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Heaven's smile is a mile wide. A) Metaphor. B) Simile. C) Personification. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hyperbole. 2. But all rest of her clothes were burned black as coal in the flame. A) Synecdoche. B) Metonymy. C) Simile. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Simile. 3. I am writing to tell you about why school is fun and how everyone should agree with that ..... is an example of?? A) Tone. B) Symbolism. C) Simile. D) Authors purpose. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Authors purpose. 4. Tanya never stops talking! A) Alliteration. B) , metaphor,. C) Personification. D) Simile,. E) Hyperbole,. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Hyperbole,. 5. What is the figure of speech called when there is a repetition of the same letter at the beginning of the word? A) Oxymoron. B) Alliteration. C) Hyperbole. D) Onomatopoeia. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Alliteration. 6. Better to reign in Hell than serve in Heaven A) Oxymoron. B) Metaphor. C) Antithesis. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Antithesis. 7. Repetition of initial consonant sound which draws attention to the phrase and is often used for emphasis A) Antithesis. B) Alliteration. C) Repetition. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Alliteration. 8. You are an excellent goalkeeper, allowing the other side to score six goals. A) Simile. B) Euphemism. C) Irony. D) Metonymy. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Irony. 9. And live alone in bee-loud glade A) Anastrophe. B) Litotes. C) Antithesis. D) Onomatopoeia. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Onomatopoeia. 10. Zian was as brave as a lion. A) Hyperbole. B) Metaphor. C) Personification. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Simile. 11. Sandy works like a sloth. A) Metaphor. B) Simile. C) Personification. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Simile. 12. What is the figurative meaning of 'The run down house appeared depressed and out of sorts.' A) The house appeared inviting and welcoming. B) The narrator is depressed after looking at a lot of houses. C) The house is talking to the narrator, saying 'buy me.'. D) The house is in desperate need of fixing up/remodeling. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The house is in desperate need of fixing up/remodeling. 13. What figure of speech is used in the phrase 'the stars danced in the sky'? A) The figure of speech used is hyperbole. B) The figure of speech used is metaphor. C) The figure of speech used is personification. D) The figure of speech used is simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The figure of speech used is personification. 14. Identify the figure of speech in the sentence 'I'm so hungry I could eat a horse.' A) Hyperbole. B) Irony. C) Metaphor. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hyperbole. 15. Which of the following are figures of speech? A) Abstract noun. B) Personification. C) The girl is in the room. D) Adverbial phrase. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Personification. 16. Which of the following is an example of ALLUSION? A) "The river shines brightly as if it were filled with silver dusts.". B) "Without you, no day ever makes sense.". C) "No Madonna and Child could touchthat picture of a mother's tendernessfor a son she soon would have to forget.". D) "I think I'm gonna win this time!Riding on the wind, and I won't give up!". Show Answer Correct Answer: C) "No Madonna and Child could touchthat picture of a mother's tendernessfor a son she soon would have to forget.". 17. Identify the Figure of Speech from the following lines: ..... Nor did the wisest wizard guess A) Alliteration. B) Metaphor. C) Hyperbole. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Alliteration. 18. 6) I have a dream that one day even the state of Mississippi ..... will be transformed into an oasis of freedom and justice. I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the colour of their skin but by the content of their character. I have a dream today! A) Anaphora. B) Hyperbole. C) Personification. D) Onomatopoeia. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Anaphora. 19. What is an alliteration? A) Words that sound like the noise something make. B) The repetition of the same sound at the beginning of words. C) When an object or animal is given human characteristics. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The repetition of the same sound at the beginning of words. 20. Her grandmother passed away last month. A) Hyperbole. B) Pun. C) Irony. D) Euphemism. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Euphemism. 21. Break a leg when you go on stage. A) Idiom. B) Pun. C) Hyperbole. D) Allusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Idiom. 22. The wind whispered in the trees. This is an example of: A) Metaphor. B) Simile. C) Personification. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Personification. 23. "Earth is here so kind, that just tickle her with a hoe and she laughs with a harvest.' A) Simile. B) Hyperbole. C) Personification. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Personification. 24. Elizabeth said it was no big deal to forgive her sister for their fight last week. "It's water under the bridge, " she assured her. A) Something no one wants to talk about. B) More important than anything else. C) A huge problem that must be solved. D) Something past that no longer matters. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Something past that no longer matters. 25. What figure of speech was used in this sentence:The sea mocked us with its laughter. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Personification. D) Apostrophe. 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