This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Writing Style > Figures Of Speech – Quiz 28 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Figures Of Speech Quiz 28 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The flames of the fire licked the sky. *Choose the correct figure of speech A) Simile. B) Personification. C) Metaphor. D) Allusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Personification. 2. The writer mentions the absent or inanimate objects as alive and writes about them. A) Apostophe. B) Personification. C) Oxymoron. D) Anaphora. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Apostophe. 3. Shelly sells seashells by the sea shore. A) Onomatopoeia. B) Hyperbole. C) Alliteration. D) Consonance. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Alliteration. 4. Who was like moses (allusion) A) Moses. B) Romeo. C) Harriet. D) Martin luther king. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Harriet. 5. The thunder grumbled like an old man. A) Onomatopoeia. B) Personification. C) Metaphor. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Simile. 6. Onomatopoeia is the naming of a thing or action by a vocal imitation of the sound associated A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 7. A phrase that presents a figurative meaning; well-known saying A) Metaphor. B) Simile. C) Idiom. D) Irony. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Idiom. 8. "How good of you to refuse to help us." is an example of? A) Hyperbole. B) Synecdoche. C) Irony. D) Allusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Irony. 9. When typhoons came to our countries, it seemed like people were drowned in great big waters. A) Hyperbole. B) Metaphor. C) Personification. D) Euphemism. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hyperbole. 10. At school, the birds say good morning everyday. A) Alliteration. B) Personification. C) Euphemism. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Personification. 11. What figure of speech was used in this sentence:Her fragrance is like the morning breeze when the sea is calm. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Personification. D) Apostrophe. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 12. The broom sweeps the dirt as the water cleans the cloth. A) Repetition. B) Metaphor. C) Simile. D) Personification & Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Personification & Simile. 13. Figures of speech are words or phrases which meanings are taken literally. A) TRUE. B) FALSE. C) MAYBE. D) I DO NOT KNOW. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) FALSE. 14. She can hear a pin drop a mile away A) HYPERBOLE. B) ONOMATOPOEIA. C) SIMILE. D) METAPHOR. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) HYPERBOLE. 15. Jenny and Rachel are cats and dogs whenever they fight. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Personification. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 16. Daniella is a night owl. A) Hyperbole. B) Metaphor. C) Personification. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 17. That slap's the only sound slap, pound A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Onomatopoeia. D) Idiom. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Onomatopoeia. 18. Identify the figure of speech shown in the sentence."The winged creature attacked before dawn and caught the sleeping villagers by surprise." A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Personification. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Personification. 19. 'The long road to his home was a twisting snake, with no visible end.' This means that the road was long and had many corners and turns. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 20. Which of the following is NOT an example of metaphor? A) "The old book was like a weathered sailor, each page a map of adventures and secrets.". B) "The project was a rollercoaster of emotions, and we had to weather the storm of deadlines.". C) "His temper was a ticking time bomb ready to explode at any moment.". D) "The new policy is a double-edged sword, cutting both ways with its pros and cons.". Show Answer Correct Answer: A) "The old book was like a weathered sailor, each page a map of adventures and secrets.". 21. What type of imagery is portrayed in the following sentence?That music is loud. A) Sight. B) Sound. C) Smell. D) Hearing. E) Taste. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sound. 22. The acorn plopped into the puddle A) Imagery. B) Repitition. C) Onomoetapia. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Onomoetapia. 23. Below examples are similes except ..... A) This dress is perfect because it fits like a glove. B) They are as different as night and day. C) The stormy ocean was a raging bull. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The stormy ocean was a raging bull. 24. You're very clever at poking fun at weaklings. A) Apostrophe and Synecdoche. B) Apostrophe and personification. C) Personification and Anastrophe. D) Anastrophe and apostrophe. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Apostrophe and personification. 25. Identify the Figure of Speech from the following lines: ..... My radiance rare and fathomless, When I returned from Lyonnesse A) Assonance. B) Alliteration. C) Hyperbole. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hyperbole. ← 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