Figures of Speech Quiz

What is an oxymoron?

• A mild or pleasant word used to describe something unpleasant

• A worn-out or overused phrase

• A question asked to receive an answer

• A figure of speech that combines two contradictory terms

Which of the following is an example of metonymy?

• The crown for the king

• All hands on deck

• Light and dark

• Passed away instead of died

What is the purpose of a rhetorical question?

• To make a point or emphasize something

• To create mental pictures

• To receive an answer

• To describe something unpleasant

Which figure of speech involves using a part to represent the whole?

• Imagery

• Understatement

• Antithesis

• Synecdoche

What is verbal irony?

• Using vivid language to create sensory experiences

• When the audience knows something a character does not

• When there is a discrepancy between what is expected and what actually happens

• Saying the opposite of what is meant

What is the difference between a metaphor and a simile?

• Neither uses 'like' or 'as' to compare two things

• A metaphor uses 'like' or 'as' to compare two things, while a simile does not

• A simile uses 'like' or 'as' to compare two things, while a metaphor does not

• Both use 'like' or 'as' to compare two things

Which of the following is an example of hyperbole?

• The leaves danced in the wind

• I'm so hungry I could eat a horse

• She sells seashells by the seashore

• He is as brave as a lion

What is personification?

• Combining contradictory terms

• Exaggerating for effect

• Using a part to represent the whole

• Giving human characteristics to non-human things

What is the definition of a simile?

• A statement that contradicts itself

• A comparison using 'like' or 'as'

• A figure of speech that exaggerates for effect

• A word that sounds like its meaning

Which of the following is an example of onomatopoeia?

• She is a shining star

• He is as strong as an ox

• The wind whispered through the trees

• The clock ticked loudly in the silent room