Figure Of Speech Quiz

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A figure of speech is a word or phrase that has a different literal definition. Take this simple and easy "Figure Of Speech quiz" today if you want to enhance your knowledge or maybe just revise what you already know about rhetorical figures. Different figures of speech are used to emphasize the extent of a behavior or situation in the English language. Some of these include Metaphors, Similes, and personifications. Test how excellent your skills are at identifying these three by taking the ultimate quiz below. All the best!


Questions and Answers
  • 1. 
    He was as brave as a lion.
    • A. 

      Simile

    • B. 

      Metaphor

    • C. 

      Personification

    • D. 

      None of the above

  • 2. 
    Ria heard the last piece of pie calling her name.
    • A. 

      Simile

    • B. 

      Metaphor

    • C. 

      Personification

  • 3. 
    My alarm yelled at me this morning.
    • A. 

      Simile

    • B. 

      Metaphor

    • C. 

      Personification

    • D. 

      Hyperbole

  • 4. 
    Her eyes are diamonds.
    • A. 

      Simile

    • B. 

      Metaphor

    • C. 

      Personification

    • D. 

      Euphemism

  • 5. 
    She is a shining star.
    • A. 

      Simile

    • B. 

      Metaphor

    • C. 

      Personification

    • D. 

      Euphemism

  • 6. 
    "All the world's a stage And all the men and women merely players; They have their exits and their entrances;" William Shakespeare: As you like it  
    • A. 

      Simile

    • B. 

      Metaphor

    • C. 

      Personification

    • D. 

      Oxymoron

  • 7. 
    “Life is like a box of chocolates.”
    • A. 

      Simile

    • B. 

      Metaphor

    • C. 

      Personification

    • D. 

      Synecdoche 

  • 8. 
    "Death lays its icy hands on kings."
    • A. 

      Simile

    • B. 

      Metaphor

    • C. 

      Personification

    • D. 

      Synecdoche 

  • 9. 
    "My love is like a red rose..."
    • A. 

      Simile

    • B. 

      Metaphor

    • C. 

      Personification

    • D. 

      Anaphora

  • 10. 
    "Death! Where is thy sting? O Grave! Where is thy victory?"
    • A. 

      Simile

    • B. 

      Metaphor

    • C. 

      Personification

    • D. 

      Anaphora

  • 11. 
    He is a lion.
    • A. 

      Simile

    • B. 

      Metaphor

    • C. 

      Personification

    • D. 

      Euphemism

  • 12. 
    The wind wrapped its icy fingers around my body.
    • A. 

      Simile

    • B. 

      Metaphor

    • C. 

      Personification

    • D. 

      Hyperbole

  • 13. 
    The boat was tossed like a cork on the waves.
    • A. 

      Simile

    • B. 

      Metaphor

    • C. 

      Personification

    • D. 

      Irony

  • 14. 
    "Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?  Thou art more lovely and more temperate:" Sonnet 18: William Shakespeare
    • A. 

      Simile

    • B. 

      Metaphor

    • C. 

      Personification

    • D. 

      Euphemism

  • 15. 
    Blind justice was not on his side.
    • A. 

      Simile

    • B. 

      Metaphor

    • C. 

      Personification

    • D. 

      Irony

  • 16. 
    I've told you to stop a thousand times.
    • A. 

      Hyperbole

    • B. 

      Personification

    • C. 

      Irony

    • D. 

       euphemism

  • 17. 
    A traffic cop gets suspended for not paying his parking tickets
    • A. 

      Personification

    • B. 

      Irony

    • C. 

       euphemism

    • D. 

      Assonance

  • 18. 
    The world is a stage
    • A. 

      Metaphor

    • B. 

      Euphemism

    • C. 

      Ssonance

    • D. 

      Similie

  • 19. 
    That must have cost a billion dollars.
    • A. 

      Hyperbole

    • B. 

      Euphemism

    • C. 

      Irony

    • D. 

      Simile

  • 20. 
    The thunder grumbled
    • A. 

      Personification

    • B. 

      Hyperbole

    • C. 

      Simile

    • D. 

      Metaphor

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