This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Writing Style > Figures Of Speech – Quiz 50 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Figures Of Speech Quiz 50 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The tumult has reached the stars. A) ALLUSION. B) HYPERBOLE. C) SYNECHDOCHE. D) METONYMY. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) HYPERBOLE. 2. Identify the figure of speech shown in the sentence."Books are as powerful as weapons." A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Personification. D) Euphemism. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 3. "He popped the jumbo shrimp in his mouth." A) Oxymoron. B) Repetition. C) Simile. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Oxymoron. 4. Identify the figure of speech shown in the sentence."After freedom's sweet kiss, she could never return to the doldrums of the factory." A) Personification. B) Oxymoron. C) Paradox. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Oxymoron. 5. What is the figure of speech used in the line "She is no fool." ? A) Metonymy. B) Synecdoche. C) Litotes. D) Chiasmus. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Litotes. 6. He's running faster that the wind is an example of a ..... A) Hyperbole. B) Metaphor. C) Personification. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hyperbole. 7. "Time, " she pleaded, "please do not take me yet." What figure of speech was used here? A) Apostrophe. B) Metaphor. C) Irony. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Apostrophe. 8. Meow, where's my milk, cried the cat A) Simile. B) Hyperbole. C) Onomatopoeia. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Onomatopoeia. 9. A common, often used expression that does not make sense when taken literally is a (an) ..... A) Idiot. B) Pun. C) Euphemism. D) Idiom. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Idiom. 10. It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness A) Cliche. B) Conceit. C) Anaphora. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Anaphora. 11. Ruby ran across the road in the rain.This is an example of: A) Personification. B) Alliteration. C) Simile. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Alliteration. 12. What figure of speech was used in this sentence:The moon was a ghostly galleon tossed upon the cloudy seas. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Personification. D) Apostrophe. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 13. This figure of speech makes a direct comparison using two unlike/dissimilar things. A) Simile. B) Personification. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 14. Which literary device is a comparison between two things, people, or places using 'like' or 'as'? A) Consonance. B) Simile. C) Oxymoron. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Simile. 15. What figure of speech is being asked? "Rizal! See the fair hope of the Fatherland." A) Personification. B) Metaphor. C) Synecdoche. D) Apostrophe. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Apostrophe. 16. Sensory language is called as Imagery. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 17. The camel is called the "Ship of Desert" . A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Pesonification. D) Pun. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 18. He's so hungry he could eat a horse. A) Metaphor. B) Simile. C) Hyperbole. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hyperbole. 19. He was as brave as a lion. (Identify the figure of speech) A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Personification. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 20. Batman is a dark horse. A) Simile. B) Personification. C) Metaphor. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Metaphor. 21. The righteous shall flourish as the palm tree. Is an Example of? A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Personification. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 22. The trees swing gracefully as the wind blows. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Personification. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Personification. 23. Which figure of speech is the author using?"My schoolbag weighs a tonne" A) Repetition. B) Personification. C) Antithesis. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hyperbole. 24. He struck a streak of bad luck ..... is an example of a??? A) Methaphor. B) Purpose. C) Imagery. D) Consonance. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Consonance. 25. Annie: "Mom, my friend told me I have gorgeous eyes!" Mother: "It is true. Your eyes are as beautiful as the night sky." What figure of speech did the Mother use? A) Metaphor. B) Personification. C) Alliteration. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Simile. ← 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