Figures Of Speech Quiz 41 (25 MCQs)

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1. "i can read you like a magazine"
2. This class is so loud, it causes the windows to crack.
3. Many are called, but few are chosen.
4. "Filipinos are as pliant as the bamboo." This is an example of what figure of speech?
5. The whole world was staring at me.
6. 'The lumpy bumpy road'This sentence is an example of:
7. Taste you sweet as plump plums, bitter as old lemons
8. Till my heart became dry, and it seemed to me
9. Hyperbole is an exaggerated statement to emphasize a point.
10. "I spent all morning cleaning and my home was as clean as a whistle"
11. Select the metaphor
12. My father brought me new wheels is an example of?
13. What is the figure of speech called when words imitate and reproduce real-life sounds and actions?
14. This room is as cold as ice.
15. Her eyes were darting torches. What figure of speech is used in the sentence?
16. Which literary device is exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally?
17. What kind of figure of speech is used to affirm by negating the opposite?
18. What figure of speech is used in the phrase 'time is a thief'?
19. Which of the following words does not imitate a sound?
20. My math teacher said, "You passed this test by the skin of your teeth. Why don't you stay after school for some tutoring?"What did the teacher mean?
21. Roll on, thou dark and deep ocean. Roll!" is an example of?
22. Betty bought butter but the butter was bitter.
23. Which figure of speech is present in the phrase "whispering winds" ?
24. Add one cup boiling hot water to the mixture.
25. Here is the smell of blood still; all the perfumes of Arabia will not sweeten this little hand.