This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Writing Style > Figures Of Speech – Quiz 4 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Figures Of Speech Quiz 4 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. "I'm so thirtsy I could drink a lake" is imagery A) False. B) True. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) False. 2. This figure of speech uses the situation or context of the situation of the word to alter the word's meaning. A) Denotation. B) Connotation. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Connotation. 3. Her words were daggers, each one cutting deeper than the last. A) Irony. B) Metaphor. C) Simile. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 4. The phrases 'the humming bee', 'the cackling hen', and 'the buzzing saw' are examples of ..... A) Alliteration. B) Personification. C) Onomatopoeia. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Onomatopoeia. 5. Identify the figure of speech in these lines:all he hears on a screen of truth, and take only the good that comes through. A) Metaphor. B) Personification. C) Simile. D) Assonance (Similar vowel sounds are repeated). Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Metaphor. 6. Which of the following BEST example of Personification? A) The leaves danced in the wind. B) My mother is a tiger in our house. C) We won a ton of cash. D) We received three emails. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The leaves danced in the wind. 7. Why do literary writers use figurative language? A) Because Beyonce uses it in her songs. B) To make their writing interesting and visual, or to emphasis an idea and make a point. C) To be grammatically correct. D) To structure their writing into paragraphs. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To make their writing interesting and visual, or to emphasis an idea and make a point. 8. Life is a rollercoaster ride. A) Hyperbole. B) Euphemism. C) Simile. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Metaphor. 9. She made me want to stay, so I said my goodbyes. What figure of speech was used here? A) Metaphor. B) Personification. C) Irony. D) Apostrophe. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Irony. 10. The night was as dark as coal. A) Personification. B) Hyperbole. C) Simile. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Simile. 11. The bunny is as cute as a button! A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Hyperbole. D) Idiom. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 12. A rhetorical or literary figure in which words, grammatical constructions, or concepts are repeated in reverse order, in the same or a modified form. ABBA A) Asyndeton. B) Chiasmus. C) Hendiadys. D) Anaphora. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Chiasmus. 13. My black cat is named Snowball. A) Pun. B) Irony. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Irony. 14. Identify the figurative language used in the following sentence: "The crisp crunch of leaves underfoot created a calming cadence in the quiet woods." A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Personification. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Alliteration. 15. Give an example of onomatopoeia. A) The sound of a clock ticking 'tick-tock' is an example of onomatopoeia. B) The smell of a flower is an example of onomatopoeia. C) A cat purring is an example of onomatopoeia. D) The color blue is an example of onomatopoeia. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The sound of a clock ticking 'tick-tock' is an example of onomatopoeia. 16. The phone rang loudly. "RING, RING, RING!" A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Personification. D) Onomatopoeia. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Onomatopoeia. 17. This part of speech gives human characteristics to non human entities. A) Simile. B) Onomatopoeia. C) Personification. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Personification. 18. Which literary device is used when a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable? A) Allusion. B) Metaphor. C) Simile. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 19. Which of the following sentences has proper capitalization and punctuation? A) Walt say we can have first release in may. B) Start test product on April so it can first release on May-June. C) He said the launch time is going to be in may and june. D) Walt said that they can start the testing in April, so the product can be launched in May or June. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Walt said that they can start the testing in April, so the product can be launched in May or June. 20. Which figure of speech involves the repetition of the same initial consonant sound in a series of words? A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Alliteration. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Alliteration. 21. The fog light is as bright as the sun A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Personification. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 22. Contrasting relationship between two ideas to draw the reader's attention directly to the contrast A) Metaphor. B) Rhetorical question. C) Personification. D) Antithesis. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Antithesis. 23. You have a lot of work to do, so I lend you a hand. A) Synecdoche. B) Metonymy. C) Hyperbole. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Synecdoche. 24. Happy clouds floated up from below. A) Metaphor. B) Simile. C) Personification. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Personification. 25. Is this an example of Metaphor?- "I splashed through the water which rushed down the street like a raging river" A) YES. B) NO. C) All the above. D) None of the above. 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