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Exercise On Figures of Speech (Ii)

This document contains 24 multiple choice questions testing knowledge of various figures of speech. The questions cover topics like metaphor, simile, personification, oxymoron, metonymy, synecdoche, apostrophe, euphemism, hyperbole, litotes, antithesis and alliteration. The correct answers to the questions are not provided.

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Exercise On Figures of Speech (Ii)

This document contains 24 multiple choice questions testing knowledge of various figures of speech. The questions cover topics like metaphor, simile, personification, oxymoron, metonymy, synecdoche, apostrophe, euphemism, hyperbole, litotes, antithesis and alliteration. The correct answers to the questions are not provided.

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EXERCISE ON FIGURES OF SPEECH (II)

1. The word "bittersweet" and the phrase "be cruel to be kind" are examples of
what figure of speech?

A. paradox B. antithesis C. oxymoron D. contradiction E. None ____

2. What figure of speech is found in this statement “This is no time to pull the
rug out in the middle of the stream.”?
A. synechdoche B. onomatopoeia C. allusion D. antithesis ___
E. mixed metaphor

3. Milton defined rhyme as "the jingling sound of like endings." What figure of
speech could be defined as "the jingling sound of like beginnings?"

_________________

4. Which word does not suggest the actual sound it describes?


A. yell B. hum C. gurgle D. rustle E. cackle ________________

5. The affirmative expressed by the negation of its opposite is called...


A. litotes B. sarcasm C. allusion D. metonymy E. hyperbole ______

6. “After hurtling over the handlebars of his mountain bike, the racer tumbled
down a rocky hillside, only to land in a bed of cactus. He then rolled over
and said, «Boy, am I having a good time!»" This illustrates what figure of
speech?
_______________

7. Transform this line which includes a simile into a metaphor: “My love is like
a red red rose.”
___________________________________

8. Using alliteration, complete this statement about a guy named Philip.


A. lived in Shiloh B. toward the sky did leap
C. grew stronger than an ox D. found five fingers fractured
E. was much like a small puppy ____

9. If a poet speaks of "the departed" instead of harshly saying "the dead" he is


using which literary device?
__________________

10. Which is not an oxymoron?


A. planned chaos B. macabre torture C. trained incapacity
D. sophisticated rube E. disciplined relaxation ____

11. What figure of speech is present in “As he fled, he ran right into the law”
and in “The town was starving within days?”
_________________

12. To what was Philip Morrison referring when he spoke of "the enduring
thermonuclear gift of bright Apollo?"
___________________
13. Which line illustrates apostrophe as a figure of speech?
A. So Doc, what's up? B. And thou, Dejection, begone!
C. Unhand her, you brutish knave! D. A thousand smiles greeted her.
E. Life is like a box of chocolates. ____

14. Which word is not paired with an appropriate euphemism?


A. hated - out of favor B. dead - beyond the pale
C. fat - on the plump side D. stupid - slow on the uptake
E. ugly - not much to look at ____

15. What figure of speech did Carl Sandburg use when he wrote of "pigs so
thin the farmer had to tie knots in their tails to keep them from crawling
through the cracks in their pens"?
_______________

16. Choose the example of a metaphor.


A. clockwork men B. tall as the truth C. light winced on their knives
D. dead fish are polished marble E. It's absolute zero out there.
____
17. What figure of speech is illustrated in these lines?
- The Pentagon categorically denied it.
- The White House issued this report.
- We demand action from city hall. ________________

18. Identify the literary device used in “It is certainly not an insignificant
issue!”
A. litotes B. hyperbole C. apostrophe
D. antonomasia E. personification ____

19. What literary device is used in “The Puritans hated bear fights not because
it gave pain to the bears but because it gave pleasure to the spectators”?
A. apostrophe B. onomatopoeia C. antithesis
D. hyperbole E. litotes ____

20. Consider the statement "In death, there is life." Such seemingly self-
contradictory statements are called...
_________________
21. Metonymy is exemplified in which line?
A. our dearly departed B. to live by the sword
C. the gnashing of teeth D. not in a thousand years
E. twenty tiny toddlers teething ____

22. What figure of speech is illustrated in “Anarchy has a thousand faces in


Somalia”?
_____________________
23. Which line does not include a simile?
A. He looked like he had fallen. B. Like a gazelle, she ran away.
C. The ship went down like lead. D. Bo ran like a frenzied windmill.
E. Her hand was as soft as velvet. ____

24. Tongue twisters usually involve...


A. irony B. metaphors C. alliteration
D. onomatopoeia E. personification ____

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