10 English Figure of Speech Quiz Quizzes

1. walking is dreaming ____

A. paradox

B. oxymoron

C. simile

D. foreshadowing

2. The room was filled with a deafening silence ____

A. oxymoron

B. paradox

C. foreshadowing

D. euphemism

3. A firestation burning down ____

A. irony

B. idiom

C. oxymoron

D. euphemism

4. What is the definition of paradox ____

A. Contradictory statement

B. contradicting conjunction

C. compare two things using like or as

D. direct comparison