This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Writing Style > Figures Of Speech – Quiz 31 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Figures Of Speech Quiz 31 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Compare two things that are different from each other with the use of as and like. A) Metaphor. B) Simile. C) Hyperbole. D) Irony. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Simile. 2. She was the rose in a garden filled with thorns. What figure of speech was used here? A) Metaphor. B) Simile. C) Personification. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Metaphor. 3. Metaphors use "like" or "as" A) TRUE. B) FALSE. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) FALSE. 4. She was so scared that she turned as white as a ghost. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Hyperbole. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 5. "WHAMM" is an onomantopoeia A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 6. Choose the definition of:Figurative language A) Language not intended to be understood literally. 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: A) Language not intended to be understood literally. 7. Our eyes and facial expressions can communicate every subtle ..... of emotion. A) Hyperbole. B) Euphemism. C) Nuance. D) Similarity. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Nuance. 8. The children's feet squished in the mud. A) Alliteration. B) Neither. C) Onomatopoeia. D) None. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Onomatopoeia. 9. Simile is a direct comparison between two unlike things. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 10. My backpack weighs a ton is an example of: A) Simile. B) Hyperbole. C) Metaphor. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hyperbole. 11. Walking into an empty theater and asking, "it's too crowded" . A) Hyperbole. B) Pun. C) Irony. D) Euphemism. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Irony. 12. 'Sheep should sleep in a shed.' Which tool is used? A) Alliteration. B) Personification. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Alliteration. 13. Is this an Example of Metaphor? "I love getting into bed, I feel as snug as a bug in a rug" A) YES. B) NO. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) YES. 14. The players pursued the bouncing ball as fast as they could carry themselves.$_{This is an example of:}$ A) Alliteration. B) Neither. C) Onomatopoeia. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Alliteration. 15. Politicians are powerful but some of them are incompetent. That is why justice is blind and, at times, deaf. A) SIMILE. B) IRONY. C) PERSONIFICATION. D) EUPHEMISM. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) PERSONIFICATION. 16. Crooks conspire with the kind king. A) Alliteration. B) Simile. C) Metaphor. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Alliteration. 17. What does the quote below mean?"Experience is a hard teacher because she gives the test first, the lesson afterward." A) It's a helpful experience to have a hard teacher. B) Experienced teachers give the lesson first and then the test. C) Everyone has the experience of making mistakes both in school and in life. D) Experience can be a difficult way to learn because you learn from making mistakes. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Experience can be a difficult way to learn because you learn from making mistakes. 18. Simile is a figure of speech that describes an object or action in a way that isn't literally true, but helps explain an idea or make a comparison. A) TRUE. B) FALSE. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) FALSE. 19. Identify the figure of speech in these lines:But teach him also that for every scoundrel there is a hero; A) Alliteration. B) Repetition. C) Oxymonon (two opposite words are used together). D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Oxymonon (two opposite words are used together). 20. Which of the following is an example of euphemism? A) The child hated when his parents had to leave for work. B) The sunlight kissed her checks as soon as she stepped outside. C) My mind is slower than a turtle this morning. D) My mother is in her golden years. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) My mother is in her golden years. 21. What does the idiom "burning the candle at both ends" mean? A) You are wasting wax. B) You are doing too much. C) You are preparing for an emergency. D) You have a great need for a lot of light. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) You are doing too much. 22. She sells sea shells on the sea shore. A) Alliteration. B) Personification. C) Simile. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Alliteration. 23. "Oh, you foolish car, you never work when I need you to, " Bert sighed. A) Apostrophe. B) Metonymy. C) Synecdoche. D) Verbal irony. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Apostrophe. 24. You are very pretty like Cinderella. A) Metaphor. B) Personification. C) Simile. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Simile. 25. Distinguish whether the following sentence is literal or figurative: "The computer screen was as bright as the sun." A) Literal. B) Figurative. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Figurative. ← 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