This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Writing Style > Figures Of Speech – Quiz 27 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Figures Of Speech Quiz 27 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Her eyes were deep pools that he fell into and never got out of. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 2. A comparison of two things using the words "like" or "as" A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Hyperbole. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 3. '' dogs' droppings" is an example of ..... A) Alliteration. B) Simile. C) Metaphor. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Alliteration. 4. You ain't nothing but a hound dog, crying all the time. *Choose the correct figure of speech A) Personification. B) Simile. C) Metaphor. D) Idiom. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Metaphor. 5. Which of the following represents an allusion? A) The smaller brother was like a pitbull he was so fierce. B) Her rise to the championship is a Cinderella story of triumph. C) He drove to the office every day, but on the way home he dreamed of becoming an executive chef. D) The linebacker was a freight train, barreling down the field on a collision course. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Her rise to the championship is a Cinderella story of triumph. 6. What figure of speech was used in this sentence:Her eyes sparkled as bright as diamonds. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Personification. D) Apostrophe. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 7. Some students are chronologically challenged when it comes to their online classes. A) Hyperbole. B) Euphemism. C) Simile. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Euphemism. 8. 'The sun smiled down on the earth'.This is an example of? A) Metaphor. B) Simile. C) Hyperbole. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Personification. 9. Suddenly the room filled with a deafening silence. A) Oxymoron. B) Synecdouche. C) Simile. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Oxymoron. 10. I feel the stench of failure coming on A) Metaphor. B) Hyperbole. C) Simile. D) Onomatopoeia. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Metaphor. 11. The concert of IU and BTS happens only once in a blue moon. A) Idiom. B) Hyperbole. C) Personification. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Idiom. 12. Sally sold sea shells by the sea shore. A) Personification. B) Alliteration. C) Simile. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Alliteration. 13. Select the example of hyperbole. A) She is as thin as a toothpick. B) She's very bony. C) She's really thin. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) She is as thin as a toothpick. 14. Choose the correct "Metaphor" example. A) I have million things to do today. B) The storm was cruel giant destroying everything in it's path. C) The trees danced in the wind. D) Our teacher gave us a ton of homework. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The storm was cruel giant destroying everything in it's path. 15. Talks about exaggeration to give emphasis. A) Simile. B) Irony. C) Hyperbole. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hyperbole. 16. The waves of the sea played along the shore. A) Metaphor. B) Simile. C) Personification. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Personification. 17. (Betty bought butter) is an example of which figure of speech . A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Apostrophe. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) None of these. 18. While I stand on the roadway, or on the pavement grey, A) Apostrophe. B) Euphemism. C) Tautology. D) Litotes. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Tautology. 19. Pitching pennies with the Pittsburgh Pirates in a pitter-patter of rain outside the Pitti Palace. (James Thurber, Lanterns and Lances, 1961) A) Assonance. B) Metaphor. C) Irony. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Alliteration. 20. A bicycle can't stand on its own because it is two tired. A) Oxymoron. B) Metaphor. C) Pun. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Pun. 21. A Simile is a comparison involving the following pairs of words: A) With and so. B) As and so. C) Like and when. D) As and like. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) As and like. 22. My uncle is as straight as an arrow. A) HYPERBOLE. B) SIMILE. C) METAPHOR. D) PERSONIFICATION. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) SIMILE. 23. ..... my students are good, sometimes they misbehave A) However. B) Whereas. C) Although. D) Because. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Although. 24. Which is an example of a idiom? A) My brother is very annoying. B) My brother is as annoying as a goose!. C) My sister is as sweet as a cupcake!. D) My sister is a cupcake!. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) My sister is a cupcake!. 25. The walk was a million miles long! A) Hyperbole. B) Pun. C) Irony. D) Euphemism. 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