FIGURES OF SPEECH
MCQs:
1.What figure of speech is used when contradictory terms are combined to create an effect “?
A) Oxymoron B)
Alliteration
C) Paradox D)
Onomatopoeia
2.Which figure
of speech attributes human qualities to non-human things or animals?
A) Simile B)
Metaphor
C)
Personification D) Alliteration
3. What
figure of speech involves the use of exaggeration for emphasis or effect?
A) Simile B)
Metaphor
C) Hyperbole D) Irony
4. Which
figure of speech involves using a word or phrase to represent something else,
often an abstract concept?
A)
Alliteration B) Metaphor
C)
Symbolism D) Simile
5.What
figure of speech involves the repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning
of words in close proximity?
A) Metaphor B)
Simile
C)
Alliteration D) Hyperbole
6. Which
figure of speech in “The wind whispered through the trees”?
A) Paradox B)
Personification
C) Oxymoron D)
Metaphor
7. What
figure of speech is used when a word or phrase is used to represent something
closely related to it, creating a kind of substitution?
A) Simile B)
Metaphor
C)
Synecdoche D) Hyperbole
8.Which
figure of speech involves the use of words that imitate the sound they
describe, such as "buzz" or "hiss"?
A)
Onomatopoeia B) Hyperbole
C)
Alliteration D) Simile
9. What
figure of speech involves the use of understatement, often to emphasize the
magnitude of something?
A)
Hyperbole B) Irony
C) Litotes D)
Allusion
10. What
figure of speech involves the use of a word or phrase that contradicts its
literal meaning, often for humorous or dramatic effect?
A) Irony B)
Hyperbole
C)
Alliteration D) Paradox
11. Which
figure of speech involves the repetition of vowel sounds in nearby words?
A)
Alliteration B) Onomatopoeia
C)
Assonance D) Oxymoron
12. What
figure of speech involves the substitution of a milder or less direct word or
phrase for a harsh or blunt one?
A) Paradox B) Allusion
C)
Euphemism D) Hyperbole
13. Which
figure of speech involves the use of words that have similar beginning sounds
or consonant sounds, usually in a sequence?
A)
Alliteration B) Simile
C) Metaphor D) Personification
14. What
figure of speech involves the use of a word or phrase that represents something
by association, often using a part to represent the whole?
A)
Synecdoche B) Metonymy
C) Paradox D) Irony
15. Which
figure of speech involves the repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning
of consecutive clauses or sentences?
A)
Alliteration B) Anaphora
C) Oxymoron D) Onomatopoeia
16. What
figure of speech involves the use of a word that sounds like the noise it
represents, such as "buzz" or "murmur"?
A) Oxymoron B) Alliteration
C)
Onomatopoeia D) Euphemism
17. Which
figure of speech involves the use of a part of something to represent the whole
or vice versa?
A) Metonymy B) Synecdoche
C) Allegory D) Euphemism
18.What
figure of speech involves a seemingly contradictory or absurd statement that
may suggest a deeper truth?
A) Allusion B)
Irony
C) Paradox D)
Metaphor
19.Which
figure of speech involves the use of a word or phrase that refers to something
by comparing it to something else, often using "like" or
"as"?
A) Simile B)
Metaphor
C)
Hyperbole D) Personification
20. Figure
of speech in “I've told you a million times.”
A) Simile B) Metaphor
C)
Hyperbole D) Personification
Answers:
|
1.A |
2.C |
3.C |
4.C |
5.C |
6.B |
7.C |
8.A |
9.C |
10.A |
|
11.C |
12.C |
13.A |
14.B |
15.B |
16.C |
17.B |
18.C |
19.A |
20.C |
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