This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Writing Style > Figures Of Speech – Quiz 9 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Figures Of Speech Quiz 9 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. How does the Easter bunny stay fit? EGG-XERCISE! A) Pun. B) Irony. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pun. 2. A joining of two seemingly contradictory terms A) Oxymoron. B) Euphemism. C) Paradox. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Oxymoron. 3. Identify the figurative language in the sentence: "The computer has a mind of its own." A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Personification. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Personification. 4. It is a figure of speech which shows expression of one's meaning by using language that normally signifies the opposite. A) Alliteration. B) Synecdoche. C) Onomatopoeia. D) Irony. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Irony. 5. The grass waved to the Alex at the park. A) Personification. B) Hyperbole. C) Metaphor. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Personification. 6. A (an) ..... is a play on words. A) Pun. B) Hyperbole. C) Idiom. D) Oxymoron. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pun. 7. With malice toward none; with charity for all; with firmness in the right. A) Cliche. B) Conceit. C) Anaphora. D) Euphemism. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Anaphora. 8. Away, away in the Northland A) Tautology. B) Hyperbole. C) Repetition. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Repetition. 9. What type of imagery is portrayed in the following sentence?The movie was great. A) Sight. B) Sound. C) Smell. D) Hearing. E) Taste. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sight. 10. Her smile was as bright as the sun. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Personification. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 11. The evening was lonely for me, and I was reading a book A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Repetition. D) Hyperbole. E) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Personification. 12. What figure of speech is used in the phrase 'as brave as a lion'? A) Onomatopoeia. B) Hyperbole. C) Metaphor. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Simile. 13. Identify the figure of speech used in the following sentence:The ferrari roma zoomed across the city A) Personification. B) Hyperbole. C) Onomatopoeia. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Onomatopoeia. 14. Wow, they really pulled out all the stops for Lydia's birthday party! Everyone's having a great time. A) Made a lot of delicious food. B) Made it as good as possible. C) Only inveited certain people. D) Spent all their money. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Made it as good as possible. 15. Identify the figure of speech in the following sentence:The gushing wind blew through the trees. A) Simile. B) Onomatopoeia. C) Hyperbole. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Onomatopoeia. 16. He floated like a boat in the water. A) Personification. B) Simile. C) Metaphor. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Simile. 17. A pilot has a fear of heights. A) Antithesis. B) Oxymoron. C) Dramatic Irony. D) Situational Irony. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Situational Irony. 18. Its a free ride that you already paid ..... the lyric is an example of A) Irony. B) Hyperbole. C) Simile. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Irony. 19. Lekan is always as busy as a bee. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Personification. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 20. Identify the Figure of Speech from the following lines: ..... The rime was on the spray;And starlight lit my lonesomenessWhen I set out for Lyonnesse A) Assonance. B) Metaphor. C) Hyperbole. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Personification. 21. Why do authors use allusions? A) A. To make meaningful connections between texts. B) B. To engage readers in an inside joke. C) C. To provide new and meaningful connections to the plot, characters, or setting. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 22. Danny swims like a fish. A) HYPERBOLE. B) SIMILE. C) METAPHOR. D) PERSONIFICATION. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) SIMILE. 23. Which figure of speech is used in the phrase "jumbo shrimp" ? A) Oxymoron. B) Metaphor. C) Hyperbole. D) Anaphora. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Oxymoron. 24. A ..... took the friends to the party. A) Broken, down, lorry. B) Lovely, long, limousine. C) Rusty, old, car. D) Red, old, car. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Lovely, long, limousine. 25. "Ellie's dog, Maggie, is a sweeter than candy." is a metaphor A) False. B) True. C) All the above. D) None of the above. 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