This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Writing Style > Figures Of Speech – Quiz 48 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Figures Of Speech Quiz 48 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. She stood out like the Sun. What figure of speech was used here? A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Personification. D) Apostrophe. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 2. Identify the figure of speech shown in the sentence."My friend is big-boned." A) Oxymoron. B) Hyperbole. C) Irony. D) Euphemism. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Euphemism. 3. The sun played hide and seek with the clouds. A) Simile. B) Personification. C) Hyperbole. D) Onomatopoeia. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Personification. 4. Repeating words or phrases throughout the text to emphasise certain facts or ideas A) Personification. B) Alliteration. C) Simile. D) Repetition. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Repetition. 5. Determine the meaning of the following simile:Her eyes are like fiery diamonds. A) Sparkly and bright. B) Hard and hot. C) Warm and light. D) Expensive and desirable. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sparkly and bright. 6. The humble bee's bass and drums boomed beneath. A) ASSONANCE. B) ALLITERATION. C) LITOTES. D) OXYMORON. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) ALLITERATION. 7. Identify the figure of speech used in the following sentences.1. The righteous shall flourish as the palm tree. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Personification. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 8. The formation of a word from a sound associated with what is named A) Euphemism. B) Onomatopoeia. C) Hyperbole. D) Oxymoron. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Onomatopoeia. 9. Aquaman swims as well as any fish. A) Personification. B) Metaphor. C) Simile. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Simile. 10. I've been waiting for eternity A) Metaphor. B) Personification. C) Cliche. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hyperbole. 11. The Bench decided that the man is guilty A) Synecdoche. B) Pun. C) Irony. D) Metonymy. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Synecdoche. 12. O Western wind, when wilt thou blow That the small rain down can rain? Christ, that my love were in my arms, And I in my bed again! (Anonymous, "O Western Wind") A) Anaphora. B) Personification. C) Oxymoron. D) Paradox. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Anaphora. 13. What kind of figure of speech is a direct comparison of two unlike things without using like and as? (ANA) A) Oxymoron. B) Simile. C) Metaphor. D) Onomatopoeia. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Metaphor. 14. The Greedy man was unwilling to give up the THRONE to death, so he decided to consult a sorcerer. A) Synecdoche. B) Metonymy. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metonymy. 15. What type of imagery is portrayed in the following sentence?That perfume is amazing. A) Sight. B) Sound. C) Smell. D) Hearing. E) Taste. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Smell. 16. Which sentence uses personification in a technological context? A) The smartphone sang a cheerful tune as it powered on. B) The computer was as fast as lightning. C) He is a shining star in the tech industry. D) The app was a portal to another world. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The smartphone sang a cheerful tune as it powered on. 17. 'My alarm clock yells at me to get out of bed every morning.'This is an example of ..... A) Personification. B) Alliteration. C) Hyperbole. D) Onomatopoeia. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Personification. 18. Go break a leg on stage! A) Onomatopoeia. B) Simile. C) Idiom. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Idiom. 19. "Unity came to the rescue when the people needed it the most." This is an example of what figure of speech? A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Hyperbole. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Personification. 20. "The mountain loomed like a giant guarding the valley" is an example of which figurative language? A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Personification. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 21. The lake like cold, forbidding glass A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Onomonapia. D) Idiom. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 22. "Education is the passport to the future, and tomorrow belongs to those who prepare for it today." A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Personification. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 23. How they tinkle, tinkle, tinkle, / In the icy air of night!; To the tintinnabulation that so musically wells / From the bells, bells, bells, bells, / Bells, bells, bells / From the jingling and the tinkling of the bells. The Bells by Edgar allan Poe A) Onomatopoeia. B) Assonance. C) Repetition. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Onomatopoeia. 24. Which of the following is an example of an oxymoron? (APP) A) Original Copy. B) Heart of Darkness. C) Blind as a Bat. D) This weighs a ton. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Original Copy. 25. The crown will find a new ruler in the next election. A) Paradox. B) Allusion. C) Metonymy. D) Oxymoron. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Metonymy. ← 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