QUIZZI

1. Which figure of speech is used when two unlike things are compared using "like" or "as"?

• A. Metaphor  

• B. Simile  

• C. Personification  

• D. Hyperbole  

2. What figure of speech is used when a part is made to represent the whole or vice versa?

 

• A. Synecdoche  

• B. Metonymy  

• C. Irony  

• D. Oxymoron

3. What figure of speech is an exaggerated statement not meant to be taken literally?

• A. Hyperbole  

• B. Metaphor  

• C. Simile  

    

• D. Allusion

4. 4. Which figure of speech involves a direct comparison without using "like" or "as"?

• A. Simile  

• B. Hyperbole  

• C. Metaphor  

• D. Irony  

5. 5. What figure of speech uses a word or phrase that means

6. the opposite of its literal meaning, often for humorous or emphatic effect?

• A. Irony  

• B. Metaphor  

• C. Simile  

• D. Hyperbole

6. What is the figure of speech where an inanimate object is given life-like qualities?

 

• A. Personification  

• B. Simile  

• C. Hyperbole  

• D. Irony

7. Which figure of speech involves a deliberate understatement?

• A. Hyperbole  

   

• B. Litotes  

• C. Irony  

• D. Metonymy

8. What figure of speech uses a part of something to refer to the whole, or vice versa?

• A. Synecdoche  

   

• B. Metonymy  

• C. Euphemism  

• D. Hyperbole

9. Which figure of speech involves a play on words?

• A. Irony  

• B. Pun  

• C. Hyperbole  

• D. Simile  

10. What figure of speech uses deliberate exaggeration to achieve dramatic effect?

 

• A. Hyperbole  

• B. Understatement  

• C. Irony  

• D. Simile