Figures of Speech Quiz - PDF

1\. In a poem, the line reads: \"The wind whispered secrets through the trembling trees.\" Which figure of speech is employed here? a\) Metaphor b\) Simile c\) Personification d\) Onomatopoeia Answer: c) Personification \-\-- 2\. A character in a novel says, \"This is the beginning of the end...

1\. In a poem, the line reads: \"The wind whispered secrets through the trembling trees.\" Which figure of speech is employed here? a\) Metaphor b\) Simile c\) Personification d\) Onomatopoeia Answer: c) Personification \-\-- 2\. A character in a novel says, \"This is the beginning of the end.\" What figure of speech is this? a\) Oxymoron b\) Paradox c\) Antithesis d\) Hyperbole Answer: b) Paradox \-\-- 3\. In literature, describing a villain as \"a wolf in sheep\'s clothing\" is an example of which figure of speech? a\) Metonymy b\) Synecdoche c\) Metaphor d\) Simile Answer: c) Metaphor \-\-- 4\. The phrase \"deafening silence\" is an example of which figure of speech? a\) Oxymoron b\) Paradox c\) Irony d\) Litotes Answer: a) Oxymoron \-\-- 5\. In poetry, referring to the \"scepter\" to represent royal authority is an example of: a\) Metonymy b\) Synecdoche c\) Symbolism d\) Allegory Answer: a) Metonymy \-\-- 6\. The statement \"He is not unfamiliar with the subject\" is an example of: a\) Hyperbole b\) Litotes c\) Irony d\) Euphemism Answer: b) Litotes \-\-- 7\. In a speech, the repetition of the phrase \"We shall\" at the beginning of successive clauses is an example of: a\) Anaphora b\) Epistrophe c\) Alliteration d\) Assonance Answer: a) Anaphora \-\-- 8\. Describing a character\'s betrayal as \"Et tu, Brute?\" is an example of: a\) Allusion b\) Apostrophe c\) Irony d\) Metaphor Answer: a) Allusion \-\-- 9\. The phrase \"He is a man of the cloth\" refers to a clergyman. This is an example of: a\) Metonymy b\) Synecdoche c\) Euphemism d\) Idiom Answer: a) Metonymy \-\-- 10\. In literature, when a part is used to represent the whole, such as \"all hands on deck,\" it is called: a\) Metonymy b\) Synecdoche c\) Metaphor d\) Simile Answer: b) Synecdoche \-\-- 11\. The statement \"Less is more\" exemplifies which figure of speech? a\) Paradox b\) Oxymoron c\) Irony d\) Antithesis Answer: a) Paradox \-\-- 12\. In poetry, addressing an inanimate object as if it were alive, such as \"O Death, where is thy sting?\" is an example of: a\) Apostrophe b\) Personification c\) Metaphor d\) Allusion Answer: a) Apostrophe\ \ 1. Your teacher says, "The classroom was a war zone after the exam." What figure of speech is used? a\) Simile b\) Metaphor ✅ c\) Hyperbole d\) Personification 2\. A friend says, "I have a ton of homework to finish tonight!" What figure of speech is used? a\) Hyperbole ✅ b\) Irony c\) Understatement d\) Metonymy 3\. A sports commentator says, "The ball danced on the rim before finally falling in." What figure of speech is used? a\) Hyperbole b\) Simile c\) Personification ✅ d\) Oxymoron 4\. A writer describes a politician as "a snake in the grass." What figure of speech is used? a\) Simile b\) Metaphor ✅ c\) Hyperbole d\) Allusion 5\. In a wedding speech, someone says, "Love is like a rose---beautiful, but full of thorns." What figure of speech is used? a\) Simile ✅ b\) Metonymy c\) Personification d\) Synecdoche 6\. You hear someone say, "The silence was so loud it hurt my ears." What figure of speech is used? a\) Paradox ✅ b\) Irony c\) Euphemism d\) Hyperbole 7\. A parent tells their child, "If I've told you once, I've told you a thousand times!" What figure of speech is used? a\) Simile b\) Hyperbole ✅ c\) Paradox d\) Oxymoron 8\. A poet writes, "The leaves whispered in the wind." What figure of speech is used? a\) Personification ✅ b\) Simile c\) Metonymy d\) Allegory 9\. You read, "She was as graceful as an elephant on ice skates." What figure of speech is used? a\) Metaphor b\) Simile ✅ c\) Hyperbole d\) Alliteration 10\. A detective in a novel says, "We have an open-and-shut case---except for the fact that there's no evidence, no suspect, and no crime." What figure of speech is used? a\) Irony ✅ b\) Paradox c\) Understatement d\) Metonymy 11\. A poet describes death as "the gentle hand that leads us home." What figure of speech is used? a\) Euphemism ✅ b\) Metonymy c\) Apostrophe d\) Symbolism 12\. In a novel, a character says, "We will meet again in the great beyond." What figure of speech is used? a\) Euphemism ✅ b\) Hyperbole c\) Paradox d\) Oxymoron 13\. A speech begins with, "We will fight. We will endure. We will win." What figure of speech is used? a\) Metaphor b\) Anaphora ✅ c\) Hyperbole d\) Simile 14\. A teacher says, "Time flies when you're having fun." What figure of speech is used? a\) Hyperbole b\) Personification ✅ c\) Irony d\) Paradox 15\. A novelist writes, "His eyes were oceans, deep and full of mystery." What figure of speech is used? a\) Metaphor ✅ b\) Simile c\) Hyperbole d\) Personification 16\. A friend tells you, "She has a heart of gold." What figure of speech is used? a\) Hyperbole b\) Metaphor ✅ c\) Simile d\) Alliteration 17\. In a poem, the moon is described as "a silver coin in the sky." What figure of speech is used? a\) Hyperbole b\) Metaphor ✅ c\) Personification d\) Simile 18\. A comedian says, "I love being ignored. It makes me feel so special." What figure of speech is used? a\) Irony ✅ b\) Oxymoron c\) Metaphor d\) Hyperbole 19\. A historical speech states, "Give me liberty or give me death!" What figure of speech is used? a\) Antithesis ✅ b\) Metonymy c\) Paradox d\) Allegory 20\. A writer describes a battlefield as "a sea of blood." What figure of speech is used? a\) Simile b\) Metaphor ✅ c\) Symbolism d\) Hyperbole 1\. "Beauty is truth, truth beauty,---that is all ye know on earth, and all ye need to know." -- John Keats, Ode on a Grecian Urn a\) Paradox ✅ b\) Antithesis c\) Irony d\) Euphemism 2\. "They crowded very close about him, with their hands always on him in a careful, caressing grip, as though all the while afraid that he would run away." -- Joseph Conrad, Heart of Darkness a\) Oxymoron b\) Paradox c\) Irony ✅ d\) Litotes 3\. "I have measured out my life with coffee spoons." -- T.S. Eliot, The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock a\) Hyperbole b\) Metonymy ✅ c\) Synecdoche d\) Allegory 4\. "This is the way the world ends / Not with a bang but a whimper." -- T.S. Eliot, The Hollow Men a\) Irony ✅ b\) Oxymoron c\) Antithesis d\) Hyperbole 5\. "The woods are lovely, dark and deep, but I have promises to keep, and miles to go before I sleep." -- Robert Frost, Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening a\) Metaphor b\) Irony c\) Euphemism d\) Symbolism ✅ 6\. "Liberty, equality, fraternity, or death." -- Charles Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities a\) Anaphora b\) Parallelism ✅ c\) Antithesis d\) Allusion 7\. "I am one acquainted with the night." -- Robert Frost a\) Paradox b\) Euphemism c\) Irony d\) Metaphor ✅ 8\. "Water, water, everywhere, nor any drop to drink." -- Samuel Taylor Coleridge, The Rime of the Ancient Mariner a\) Hyperbole b\) Irony ✅ c\) Metonymy d\) Litotes 9\. "To be or not to be, that is the question." -- Shakespeare, Hamlet a\) Chiasmus b\) Antithesis ✅ c\) Irony d\) Synecdoche 10\. "A little more than kin, and less than kind." -- Shakespeare, Hamlet a\) Oxymoron b\) Antithesis c\) Pun ✅ d\) Paradox 11\. "All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others." -- George Orwell, Animal Farm a\) Metaphor b\) Irony ✅ c\) Allegory d\) Paradox 12\. "The bright stars shone like a million eyes watching me from above." a\) Metaphor b\) Personification c\) Simile ✅ d\) Hyperbole 13\. "Death lays his icy hand on kings." -- James Shirley, Death the Leveller a\) Personification ✅ b\) Metonymy c\) Synecdoche d\) Allegory 14\. "It was the best of times, it was the worst of times." -- Charles Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities a\) Paradox b\) Antithesis ✅ c\) Irony d\) Chiasmus 15\. "He had never slept in a better bed, Rainsford decided." -- Richard Connell, The Most Dangerous Game a\) Understatement b\) Litotes c\) Irony ✅ d\) Euphemism 16\. "Brutus says he was ambitious, and Brutus is an honorable man." -- Shakespeare, Julius Caesar a\) Paralipsis b\) Irony ✅ c\) Euphemism d\) Anaphora 17\. "His face was ashen and his heart was iron." a\) Metonymy b\) Simile c\) Metaphor ✅ d\) Synecdoche 18\. "A fool\'s paradise." -- Shakespeare a\) Metaphor b\) Oxymoron ✅ c\) Hyperbole d\) Irony 19\. "O happy dagger! This is thy sheath; there rust, and let me die." -- Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet a\) Apostrophe ✅ b\) Euphemism c\) Hyperbole d\) Paradox 20\. "She dwelt among the untrodden ways beside the springs of Dove." -- William Wordsworth a\) Symbolism ✅ b\) Imagery c\) Allegory d\) Euphemism 1\. "Hope is the thing with feathers that perches in the soul." -- Emily Dickinson a\) Metaphor ✅ b\) Simile c\) Personification d\) Hyperbole 2\. "I wandered lonely as a cloud that floats on high o\'er vales and hills." -- William Wordsworth a\) Metaphor b\) Simile ✅ c\) Personification d\) Oxymoron 3\. "The sun in the west was a drop of burning gold." -- William Golding, Lord of the Flies a\) Simile b\) Personification c\) Metaphor ✅ d\) Alliteration 4\. "The fog comes on little cat feet." -- Carl Sandburg a\) Hyperbole b\) Personification ✅ c\) Simile d\) Metaphor 5\. "Out of the sea came he, still running, and it was as if the sea had entered the cave." -- D.H. Lawrence a\) Simile ✅ b\) Metaphor c\) Synecdoche d\) Allusion 6\. "The pen is mightier than the sword." -- Edward Bulwer-Lytton a\) Metonymy ✅ b\) Irony c\) Synecdoche d\) Paradox 7\. "All hands on deck!" a\) Metonymy b\) Synecdoche ✅ c\) Personification d\) Euphemism 8\. "My little horse must think it queer to stop without a farmhouse near." -- Robert Frost a\) Alliteration b\) Apostrophe ✅ c\) Metaphor d\) Personification 9\. "His words were cold daggers, piercing the heart." a\) Metaphor ✅ b\) Hyperbole c\) Personification d\) Oxymoron 10\. "Parting is such sweet sorrow." -- Shakespeare a\) Paradox b\) Irony c\) Oxymoron ✅ d\) Litotes 11\. "I've told you a million times to clean your room!" a\) Hyperbole ✅ b\) Understatement c\) Irony d\) Alliteration 12\. "Tick-tock, the clock echoed in the silent room." a\) Alliteration b\) Onomatopoeia ✅ c\) Personification d\) Metaphor 13\. "With blue, uncertain, stumbling buzz, between the light and me." -- Emily Dickinson a\) Alliteration b\) Consonance c\) Assonance ✅ d\) Metaphor 14\. "His smile was like sunshine breaking through the clouds." a\) Metaphor b\) Simile ✅ c\) Personification d\) Hyperbole 15\. "O Death, where is thy sting? O Grave, where is thy victory?" -- Bible (1 Corinthians 15:55) a\) Hyperbole b\) Alliteration c\) Apostrophe ✅ d\) Metonymy 16\. "The trees waved their arms in the wind." a\) Metaphor b\) Personification ✅ c\) Hyperbole d\) Simile 17\. "War is peace. Freedom is slavery. Ignorance is strength." -- George Orwell, 1984 a\) Oxymoron b\) Paradox ✅ c\) Irony d\) Litotes 18\. "The house was as empty as a ghost town." a\) Metaphor b\) Simile ✅ c\) Alliteration d\) Personification 19\. "He has a heart of stone." a\) Metaphor ✅ b\) Simile c\) Hyperbole d\) Personification 20\. "The silence was deafening." a\) Paradox ✅ b\) Oxymoron c\) Irony d\) Litotes