This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Writing Style > Figures Of Speech – Quiz 45 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Figures Of Speech Quiz 45 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Identify the figure of speech shown in the sentence."The world does not care to hear your sad stories." A) Personification. B) Metaphor. C) Euphemism. D) Oxymoron. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Personification. 2. "This wound is a mere scratch, " Aries boasted in front of his friends while pointing to his stomach where he got stabbed by a burglar earlier. A) Hyperbole. B) Oxymoron. C) Metaphor. D) Understatement. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Understatement. 3. I am so thiristy that my throat is as dry as the Sahara Desert. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Hyperbole. D) Onomatopoeia. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 4. "In my ball gown at the wedding, I stood out like a sore thumb" A) Hyperbole. B) Simile. C) Personification. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Simile. 5. The thunder is grumbling in the distance. A) SIMILE. B) PERSONIFICATION. C) HYPERBOLE. D) METAPHOR. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) PERSONIFICATION. 6. Pride goeth forth on horseback, grand and gay. A) Oxymoron. B) Apostrophe. C) Personification. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Personification. 7. Truly, your voice is amazing! That will be your last song, okay? A) PARADOX. B) OXYMORON. C) IRONY. D) LITOTES. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) IRONY. 8. Mrs. DiYanni told her students a billion times that they should always write their names on their papers! A) Personification. B) Hyperbole. C) Metaphor. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hyperbole. 9. Choose the Correct Option- "She has been at the shop for an eternity" A) Alletraition. B) Personification. C) Hyperbole. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hyperbole. 10. A figure of speech that appears to be self-contradictory but actually reveals something truthful. A) Paradox. B) Irony. C) Personification. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Paradox. 11. Identify the figure of speech shown in the sentence."The soldiers swear loyalty to the crown." A) Synecdoche. B) Metonymy. C) Euphemism. D) Paradox. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metonymy. 12. My friend Joey is a clown. He makes everyone laugh at his jokes. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Personification. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 13. She was the Venus of the party. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Hyperbole. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 14. Which figure of speech is used in the line "He heard his harsh harangue." ? A) Assonance. B) Euphemism. C) Alliteration. D) Irony. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Alliteration. 15. The wind whispers as it blows inside my ear. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Personification. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Personification. 16. Sue shook her silky silver hair as the sun was setting. A) Onomatopoeia. B) Irony. C) Alliteration. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Alliteration. 17. A statement that might at first appear to be contradictory, but that may in fact contain some truth A) Paradox. B) Onomatopoeia. C) Euphemism. D) Oxymoron. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Paradox. 18. What do you call an old snowman?WATER! A) Pun. B) Irony. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pun. 19. And waves of shadow went over the wheat. A) Onomatopoeia. B) Oxymoron. C) Alliteration. D) Pun. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Alliteration. 20. Identify the figure of speech in the following sentence:The water angrily flowed towards the sea. A) Alliteration. B) Assonance. C) Hyperbole. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Personification. 21. My teacher has eyes in the back of her head is an example of ..... (EVA) A) Simile. B) Personification. C) Onomatopoeia. D) Idiom. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Idiom. 22. Life is a barren field A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Onomatopoeia. D) Idiom. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 23. O William, you should be living now to see all this. A) Personification. B) Apostrophe. C) Hyperbole. D) Pun. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Apostrophe. 24. "The health professionals are soldiers protecting us from our fight against the Covid 19 Pandemic." This is an example of what figure of speech? A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Hyperbole. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 25. Which figure of speech is Shakespeare using?"The world's a stage" A) Simile. B) Hyperbole. C) Metaphor. D) Antithesis. 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