This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Writing Style > Figures Of Speech – Quiz 34 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Figures Of Speech Quiz 34 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. A deviation from the ordinary use of words in order to increase their effectiveness. A) Parts of Speech. B) Figures of Speech. C) Idioms. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Figures of Speech. 2. Choose the Figure of speech used in the following sentence."I'm happy as a clam." A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Personification. D) Onomatopoeia. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 3. The car growled angrily as I tried to make it stop.This is an example of: A) Personification. B) Simile. C) Alliteration. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Personification. 4. Dale's smile was as bright as the sun shine. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Irony. D) Idiom. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 5. ..... I checked my grades, I got a heart attack A) After. B) Although. C) While. D) Despite of. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) After. 6. Identify the Figure of Speech from the following lines: ..... When I set out for LyonnesseA hundred miles away, A) Assonance. B) Alliteration. C) Hyperbole. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hyperbole. 7. Which figure of speech is used in the sentence:'The wind whispered through the trees'? A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Personification. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Personification. 8. "We shape our buildings, and afterward our buildings shape us." -Winston Churchill. A) Asyndeton. B) Polysyndeton. C) Hendiadys. D) Chiasmus. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Chiasmus. 9. What figure of speech is illustrated by the phrase:'Time is a thief'? A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Personification. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 10. Your life is worth more than any gold in the world. A) Metonymy. B) Euphemism. C) Apostrophe. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Metonymy. 11. "The night has been unruly. Where we lay, Our chimneys were blown down and, as they say, Lamentings heard i' th' air, strange screams of death, And prophesying with accents terrible. Macbeth by Shakespeare A) Personification. B) Pathetic fallacy. C) Metaphor. D) Onomatopoeia. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pathetic fallacy. 12. A traffic cop gets suspended for not paying his parking tickets. A) Hyperbole. B) Irony. C) Personification. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Irony. 13. He collapsed like an old tree falling down in a storm. This is an example of: A) Alliteration. B) Metaphor. C) Simile. D) Onomatopoeia. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Simile. 14. "A boiled egg every morning is hard to beat." A) Alliteration. B) Tautology. C) Pun. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Pun. 15. My words are chains are lead A) Alliteration. B) Simile. C) , metaphor. D) , hyperbole,. E) Personification,. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) , metaphor. 16. Identify the figure of speech in these lines:and take only the good that comes through. A) Alliteration. B) Repetition. C) Simile. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Metaphor. 17. The best way to communicate with a fish is to drop them a line. A) Pun. B) Anthropomorphism. C) Onomatopeia. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pun. 18. Is 'irony' a situation that means quite opposite to what is apparently said? A) Yes. B) No. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Yes. 19. Roses are red, violets are blue ..... A) Cliche. B) Anaphora. C) Conceit. D) Euphemism. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cliche. 20. She hung her head like a dying flower A) , personification,. B) Hyperbole. C) , metaphor,. D) Alliteration. E) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Simile. 21. It is so nice of you to ruin my favorite painting. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Personification. D) Hyperbole. E) Irony. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Irony. 22. Skyler thought the girl was so pretty that his eyes popped out! A) Metaphor. B) Simile. C) Hyperbole. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hyperbole. 23. There are million reaosns why this is a baad idea! A) Metaphor. B) Personification. C) Simile. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hyperbole. 24. Identify the metaphor in the following sentence: A) The snow is a white blanket. B) The classroom was as quiet as a library. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The snow is a white blanket. 25. Which among the following pair of figures of speech and example sentence is INCORRECT? A) Simile-Her voice is as loud as a megaphone. B) Personification-The pen is mightier than sword. C) Onomatopoeia-The lion's roar made all the animals tremble. D) Apostrophe-Leave me alone, problems. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Personification-The pen is mightier than sword. ← 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