This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Writing Style > Figures Of Speech – Quiz 35 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Figures Of Speech Quiz 35 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What is a assonance A) Assonance is a resemblance in the sound or words of syllables. B) A poem. C) Crazy thing. D) Exaggeration. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Assonance is a resemblance in the sound or words of syllables. 2. Indicate the figure of speech not found in this sentence: "Rebellion reared its ugly head." A) Alliteration. B) Simile. C) Personification. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Simile. 3. Identify the figure of speech shown in the sentence. "Maria was just a trophy to Ricardo, another object to possess." A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Personification. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 4. I have been to the dentist several times so I know the drill. A) Alliteration. B) Onomatopoeia. C) Pun. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Pun. 5. Black is used to represent death or evil ..... is an example of??? A) Simile. B) Symbolism. C) End rhyme. D) Consonance. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Symbolism. 6. The best part about music class is that you can bang on the drum. A) Assonance. B) Alliteration. C) Onomatopoeia. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Onomatopoeia. 7. Identify the Figure of Speech from the following lines: ..... The Sun came up upon the left, Out of the sea came he! A) Repetition. B) Metaphor. C) Alliteration. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Personification. 8. Which figure of speech is used in the sentence? "Her hair is as shiny as ebony" A) Metaphor. B) Personification. C) Simile. D) Irony. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Simile. 9. Many eyes turned to a tall, 20 years old black girl in the U.S. team. A) Alliteration. B) Synecdoche. C) Simile. D) Metonymy. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Synecdoche. 10. How could a few vain wordsfrom a book rise like a mist, andveil her whose voice A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Repetition. D) Hyperbole. E) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 11. Here is the smell of blood still; all the perfumes of Arabia will not sweeten this little hand. (REM) A) Euphemism. B) Oxymoron. C) Hyperbole. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Euphemism. 12. Figures of speech means exactly what the words say. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 13. The chug-a, chug-a, chug-a of the train echoed down the hill, while a cloud of smoke rose up to the blue western sky. A) Anaphora. B) Onomatopoeia. C) Synecdoche. D) Idiom. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Onomatopoeia. 14. It is when a part of something is used to refer to the whole. A) Oxymoron. B) Irony. C) Synecdoche. D) Apostrophe. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Synecdoche. 15. You are the house who shelter us all. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Personification. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 16. Which figure of speech is used in the sentence 'He is as brave as a lion'? A) Hyperbole. B) Simile. C) Metaphor. D) Onomatopoeia. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Simile. 17. I am so hungry I could eat an elephant. A) Hyperbole. B) Pun. C) Irony. D) Euphemism. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hyperbole. 18. The sound of ..... created a quiet, calm atmosphere. A) Intermittent shrieks. B) Loud shouts. C) Murmuring music. D) Frenzied chattering. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Murmuring music. 19. Crazy cats kept coming constantly. A) Assonance. B) Personification. C) Simile. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Alliteration. 20. Identify the simile in the following sentence: A) Her smile was as bright as the sun. B) He is the sun of my life. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Her smile was as bright as the sun. 21. In the end, we are all puppets, our strings pulled by unseen forces. A) Metaphor. B) Irony. C) Hyperbole. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Metaphor. 22. What figure of speech was used in this sentence:The curtain was waving to everyone every time the wind blew through the open window. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Personification. D) Apostrophe. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Personification. 23. Identify the Figure of Speech from the following lines: ..... No prophet durst declare;Nor did the wisest wizard guess A) Assonance. B) Alliteration. C) Hyperbole. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Alliteration. 24. Lightning danced across the sky. A) Personification. B) Simile. C) Metaphor. D) Oxymoron. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Personification. 25. The following sentence is an example of what figure of speech?The lovely lollipops is lying on the leather lounger. A) Alliteration. B) Assonance. C) Abstract noun. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Alliteration. ← 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