This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Writing Style > Figures Of Speech – Quiz 5 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Figures Of Speech Quiz 5 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Knowing the type of figure of speech is more important that understanding the meaning of figure of speech (EVA) A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 2. Infancy is the dawn of life. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Hyperbole. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 3. What figure of speech is used in the following sentence:Sarah was like a toddler hungry for food; I was ready to get out of the car with her. A) Personification. B) Alliteration. C) Metaphor. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Simile. 4. Identify the figure of speech used in the following sentence:I am so hungry that I could eat an elephant A) Personification. B) Hyperbole. C) Metaphor. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hyperbole. 5. The chug-a, chug-a of the train echoed down the hill, while a cloud of smoke rose up to the blue western sky. A) Alliteration. B) Simile. C) Metaphor. D) Onomatopoeia. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Onomatopoeia. 6. Choose the Figure of speech used in the following sentence."She's as pretty as a picture." A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Personification. D) Onomatopoeia. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 7. The wind walked with me A) Personification. B) Simile. C) Hyperbole. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Personification. 8. Which figure of speech is the author using?"Lewis heard the last piece of pie calling his name" A) Personification. B) Simile. C) Antithesis. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Personification. 9. "shake them, slash them, smash them" is an example of ..... A) Metaphor. B) Simile. C) Alliteration. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Alliteration. 10. Give an example of hyperbole. A) I'm so full I could explode. B) I'm so tired I could sleep for a year. C) I'm so cold I could turn into an ice cube. D) I'm so hungry I could eat a horse. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) I'm so hungry I could eat a horse. 11. Peter piper picked a peck of ..... A) New, potatoes. B) Pickled, herring. C) Pickled, pepper. D) Rosy, apples. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Pickled, pepper. 12. Well, son, I'll tell you:Life for me ain't been no crystal stair. It's had tacks in it, And splinters, And boards torn up, And places with no carpet on the floor-Bare. (Langston Hughes, "Mother to Son") A) Irony. B) Oxymoron. C) Metaphor. D) Litotes. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Metaphor. 13. Oh, Christmas tree, oh, Christmas tree, how lovely are your branches. A) Antithesis. B) Personification. C) Apostrophe. D) Irony. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Apostrophe. 14. The wrapped gift begged to be opened. A) Metaphor. B) Personification. C) Simile. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Personification. 15. Complete the sentence:Onomatopoeia uses words that ..... A) Compare similar objects. B) Imitate and reproduce real-life sounds. C) Repeat vowel sounds. D) Use as or like. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Imitate and reproduce real-life sounds. 16. The Lord is my shepherd. A) Metaphor. B) Simile. C) Personification. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Metaphor. 17. You mean to tell me we lost the dog, the house, the car? A) Asyndeton. B) Chiasmus. C) Alliteration. D) Anaphora. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Asyndeton. 18. It is a sad world. A) Personification. B) Hyperbole. C) Oxymoron. D) Transferred Epithet. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Transferred Epithet. 19. Identify the figure of speech in the following sentence "The righteous shall flourish as the palm tree." (UND) A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Personification. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 20. 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. 21. Jayleen is as sweet as honey! A) Personification. B) Simile. C) Metaphor. D) Idiom. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Simile. 22. Both of his parents are a walking dictionary. A) SIMILE. B) METAPHOR. C) PERSONIFICATION. D) HYPERBOLE. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) METAPHOR. 23. Identify the figure of speech shown in the sentence."The facility of mentally-challenged people has been renovated." A) Apostrophe. B) Euphemism. C) Hyperbole. D) Oxymoron. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Euphemism. 24. She was as white as a ghost A) Metaphor. B) Assonance. C) Alliteration. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Simile. 25. Using the term 'passed away' is an example of: A) Hyperbole. B) Euphemism. C) Irony. D) Pun. 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