This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Writing Style > Figures Of Speech – Quiz 41 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Figures Of Speech Quiz 41 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. "i can read you like a magazine" A) Irony. B) Oxymoron. C) Simile. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Metaphor. 2. This class is so loud, it causes the windows to crack. A) Hyperbole. B) Alliteration. C) Personification. D) Euphemism. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hyperbole. 3. Many are called, but few are chosen. A) Apostrophe. B) Antithesis. C) Personification. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Antithesis. 4. "Filipinos are as pliant as the bamboo." This is an example of what figure of speech? A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Hyperbole. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 5. The whole world was staring at me. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Hyperbole. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hyperbole. 6. 'The lumpy bumpy road'This sentence is an example of: A) Alliteration. B) Consonance. C) Assonance. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Consonance. 7. Taste you sweet as plump plums, bitter as old lemons A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Personification. D) Idiom. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 8. Till my heart became dry, and it seemed to me A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Repetition. D) Hyperbole. E) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 9. Hyperbole is an exaggerated statement to emphasize a point. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 10. "I spent all morning cleaning and my home was as clean as a whistle" A) Personification. B) Hyperbole. C) Simile. D) Oxymoron. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Simile. 11. Select the metaphor A) This place is very dirty. B) This place is a dump. C) This place is very smelly. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) This place is a dump. 12. My father brought me new wheels is an example of? A) Hyperbole. B) Synecdoche. C) Irony. D) Allusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Synecdoche. 13. What is the figure of speech called when words imitate and reproduce real-life sounds and actions? A) Hyperbole. B) Onomatopoeia. C) Assonance. D) Personification. E) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Onomatopoeia. 14. This room is as cold as ice. A) SIMILE. B) METAPHOR. C) PERSONIFICATION. D) HYPERBOLE. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) SIMILE. 15. Her eyes were darting torches. What figure of speech is used in the sentence? A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Hyperbole. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 16. Which literary device is exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally? A) Personification. B) Metaphor. C) Hyperbole. D) Allusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hyperbole. 17. What kind of figure of speech is used to affirm by negating the opposite? A) Synecdoche. B) Metonymy. C) Litotes. D) Apostrophe. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Litotes. 18. What figure of speech is used in the phrase 'time is a thief'? A) Personification. B) Simile. C) Hyperbole. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Metaphor. 19. Which of the following words does not imitate a sound? A) Buzz. B) Clap. C) Rough. D) Thud. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Rough. 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? A) I did really well. B) I barely passed the test. C) I failed the test miserably. D) I failed the test, but I was close. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) I barely passed the test. 21. Roll on, thou dark and deep ocean. Roll!" is an example of? A) Hyperbole. B) Apostrophe. C) Simile. D) Irony. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Apostrophe. 22. Betty bought butter but the butter was bitter. A) Hyperbole. B) Alliteration. C) Onomatopoeia. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Alliteration. 23. Which figure of speech is present in the phrase "whispering winds" ? A) Onomatopoeia. B) Euphemism. C) Assonance. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Alliteration. 24. Add one cup boiling hot water to the mixture. A) Hyperbole. B) Tautology. C) Personification. D) Simili. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Tautology. 25. Here is the smell of blood still; all the perfumes of Arabia will not sweeten this little hand. A) Euphemism. B) Oxymoron. C) Hyperbole. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hyperbole. ← 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