This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Writing Style > Figures Of Speech – Quiz 37 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Figures Of Speech Quiz 37 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. My heart has been skipping around in my chest since I saw her. A) HYPERBOLE. B) ONOMATOPOEIA. C) LITERAL. D) PERSONIFICATION. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) PERSONIFICATION. 2. Which of the following sentences uses a pun? A) She had a photographic memory but never developed it. B) The sunset paints the sky in shades of orange and pink. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) She had a photographic memory but never developed it. 3. Choose the Figure of speech used in the following sentence."She squealed as soon as she saw Daniel Padilla behind the curtain." A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Personification. D) Onomatopoeia. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Onomatopoeia. 4. As bold as a lion ..... is an example of??? A) Metaphor. B) Imagery. C) Simile. D) Theme. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Simile. 5. Identify the figure of speech in these lines:but never to put a price-tag on his heart and soul. A) Alliteration and Metaphor. B) Repetition and Metaphor. C) Oxymoron and Alliteration. D) Metaphor and Oxymoron. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Alliteration and Metaphor. 6. What figure of speech is used in this sentence?"The camels are the ships in the desert." A) Hyperbole. B) Metaphor. C) Onomatopoeia. D) Euphemism. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 7. I heard that last slice of pizza calling my name. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Hyperbole. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Personification. 8. Love is like war:easy to begin but very hard to stop. A) Smilie. B) Metaphor. C) Irony. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Smilie. 9. "I'm so hungry, I could eat a cow!" is an example of A) Hyperbole. B) Personfication. C) Rhyme. D) Rhythm. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hyperbole. 10. What figure of speech was used in this sentence:Shame on you, poverty, for our determination will win out. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Personification. D) Apostrophe. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Apostrophe. 11. Select the correct definition of a metaphor? A) A picture to describe a word. B) The name of a planet. C) The repetition of a word. D) A comparison without the use of as or like. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A comparison without the use of as or like. 12. The audience knows from the beginning of the movie that the beast is a prince, but Belle does not. A) Apostrophe. B) Situational Irony. C) Dramatic Irony. D) Antithesis. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Dramatic Irony. 13. And I walk a thousand miles if I could just see you ..... the lyrics is an example of A) Irony. B) Hyperbole. C) Metaphor. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hyperbole. 14. What is it called when contradictory terms appear together side by side? A) Idiom. B) Oxymoron. C) Alliteration. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Oxymoron. 15. The Sun has already set when she went back . If only she waited some more ..... What figure of speech was used here? A) Euphemism. B) Ellipsis. C) Apostrophe. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ellipsis. 16. Identify the figure of speech used in the following sentence:I like sports cars more than drag cars A) Personification. B) Hyperbole. C) Metaphor. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Simile. 17. Identify the figure of speech shown in the sentence."She never has anything interesting to say." A) Metaphor. B) Hyperbole. C) Euphemism. D) Irony. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hyperbole. 18. She wept oceans of tears. A) Transferred Epithet. B) Hyperbole. C) Personification. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hyperbole. 19. This part of speech give human characteristic to non human entities. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Personification. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Personification. 20. "Tyger Tyger, burning bright, In the forests of the night;" is an example of??? A) Simile. B) Symbolism. C) End rhyme. D) Tone. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) End rhyme. 21. The clouds cried drops of rain. *Choose the correct figure of speech. A) Allusion. B) Personification. C) Pun. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Personification. 22. What do you call seagulls that fly over the bay? Baygulls! A) Pun. B) Irony. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pun. 23. Which form of figurative speech is this an example of? Splash! We all jumped into the pool. A) Personification. B) Onomatopoeia. C) Alliteration. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Onomatopoeia. 24. I dig my toes into the sand. The ocean looks like a thousand diamonds strewn across a blue blanket. A) Hyperbole. B) Simile. C) Metaphor. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Simile. 25. "The flowers were begging to be watered." The sentence above is an example of A) Hyperbole. B) Personification. C) Euphemism. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Personification. ← 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