This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Writing Style > Figures Of Speech – Quiz 38 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Figures Of Speech Quiz 38 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The leaves crunched under my boots as I was walking in the woods. A) Onomatopoeia. B) Assonance. C) Personification. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Onomatopoeia. 2. You are my shining star. A) Alliteration. B) Simile. C) Metaphor. D) Imagery. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Metaphor. 3. Figures of Speech Review A) A simile uses 'like' or 'as' to compare two things, while a metaphor does not. B) A simile and a metaphor both use 'like' or 'as' to compare two things. C) A metaphor uses 'like' or 'as' to compare two things, while a simile does not. D) A simile and a metaphor are the same thing. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A simile uses 'like' or 'as' to compare two things, while a metaphor does not. 4. Which of the following statements is a personification? A) The leaves whisper their secrets to one another. B) The sun is a ball of fire. C) His lips were as white as vinegar when he broke her mom's favourite vase. D) The baby is as meek as a lamb. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The leaves whisper their secrets to one another. 5. We shall not flag or fail. We shall go on to the end ..... we shall never surrender. A) Euphemism. B) Cliche. C) Anaphora. D) Conceit. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Anaphora. 6. Oh no! It's starting to rain. Where are you, Mister Sun? A) Personification. B) Simile. C) Apostrophe. D) Metonymy. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Apostrophe. 7. "This is a nightmare, " Tanya said. "We're stranded in strange city with no money."What does the metaphor mean? A) Tanya is having a bad dream. B) Tanya is in a frightening situation. C) Tanya is on vacation. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Tanya is in a frightening situation. 8. Read the sentence and choose the onomatopoeia.Kristen's brother is the coolest because he can burp the alphabet. A) Brother. B) Alphabet. C) Kristen. D) Burp. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Burp. 9. A polite or indirect expression that is used to de-emphasize an unpleasant topic A) Euphemism. B) Oxymoron. C) Paradox. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Euphemism. 10. The wind whispered the rumors of the forest. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Hyperbole. D) Alliteration. E) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Personification. 11. "This is the beginning of an end." is an example of ..... A) Paradox. B) Antithesis. C) Oxymoron. D) Pun. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Paradox. 12. What figure of speech is used in the following sentence:I saw the coolest concert last night. A) Personification. B) Alliteration. C) Metaphor. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Alliteration. 13. I'll watch you word, rise and dance and spin A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Personification. D) Idiom. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Personification. 14. Little Lily was the loveliest lady I saw in Longshore. A) Personification. B) Simile. C) Metaphor. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Alliteration. 15. I kicked the soccer ball so hard it screamed all the way into the goal. A) Simile. B) Personification. C) Onomatopoeia. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Personification. 16. A rhetorical figure that intentionally deviates from the ordinary language. A) Sensory Images. B) Figures of Speech. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Figures of Speech. 17. What is an exaggeration used to make or prove a point? A) Hyperbole. B) Irony. C) Alliteration. D) Oxymoron. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hyperbole. 18. Of air that is everywhere our own. A) Tautology. B) Hyperbole. C) Synecdoche. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hyperbole. 19. Hyperbole is for exaggeration. A) False. B) True. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 20. The aesthetically-challenged man will undergo cosmetic surgery. A) Metonymy. B) Euphemism. C) Apostrophe. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Euphemism. 21. Choose the Figure of speech used in the following sentence."The boy fell into the lake with a splash." A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Personification. D) Onomatopoeia. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Onomatopoeia. 22. These parts of speech uses words or phrases to contradict themselves. A) Simile/metaphor. B) Oxymoron/paradox. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Oxymoron/paradox. 23. Which figure of speech is the author using?"Megan made mellow music with her new microphone" A) Repetition. B) Onomatopoeia. C) Alliteration. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Alliteration. 24. "How nice!" she said, when I told her I had to work all weekend. A) Apostrophe. B) Metonymy. C) Synecdoche. D) Verbal irony. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Verbal irony. 25. The thick white blanket lay on the warm Earth is an example of which figure of speech. A) Hypothesis. B) Simile. C) Metaphor. D) Hyper nite. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Metaphor. ← 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