This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Writing Style > Figurative Language – Quiz 10 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Figurative Language Quiz 10 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Choose the type of figurative language used in the following sentence:We had to wait forever! A) Irony. B) Repetition. C) Hyperbole. D) Idiom. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hyperbole. 2. Choose the type of figurative language used in the following sentence:The pilot feared heights, so he hired a therapist. (a) A) Hyperbole. B) Idiom. C) A. irony. D) Repetition. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A. irony. 3. Joel and Ellie looked around only to notice they were all alone. A) Alliteration. B) Oxymoron. C) Simile. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Oxymoron. 4. Identify the type of figurative language used in the sentence:'The wind whispered through the trees.' A) Personification. B) Metaphor. C) Hyperbole. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Personification. 5. I had to run as fast as a cheetah to grab the last pack of toilet paper at Kroger! A) Personification. B) Metapor. C) Hyperbole. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Simile. 6. "I was surprised his nose was not growing like Pinoccho's." This is an example of an ..... A) Allusion. B) Alliteration. C) Imagery. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Allusion. 7. The airplane danced across the sky. A) Personification. B) Not personification. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Personification. 8. The chair stood up straight and tall. A) Hyperbole. B) Metaphor. C) Simile. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Personification. 9. My parents gave me a tongue-lashing when they found that I lost my Nintendo Switch. A) Literal. B) Figurative. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Figurative. 10. The repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words A) Alliteration. B) Metaphor. C) Hyperbole. D) Idiom. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Alliteration. 11. "Piece of cake"What type of figurative language is this? A) Personification. B) Idiom. C) Metaphor. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Idiom. 12. Levy's smile was as bright as the sun! A) Metaphor. B) Simile. C) Idiom. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Simile. 13. Name the figurative language: "The warm sun peeked behind the grey clouds." A) Alliteration. B) Personification. C) Metaphor. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Personification. 14. "Dogy was digging deep down in the dirt" A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Alliteration. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Alliteration. 15. Read the sentence. Which type of figurative language is it?Her lips were red like ripe cherries. A) Hyperbole. B) Simile. C) Personification. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Simile. 16. I was home in a split second. A) Proverb/adage. B) Simile. C) Idiom. D) Metaphor. E) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Hyperbole. 17. The use of words whose sounds imitate or suggest their meaning. A) Alliteration. B) Euphemism. C) Analogy. D) Idiom. E) Onomatopeia. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Onomatopeia. 18. The falling icicle cut like a dagger through the thick layer of snow. A) Simile. B) Oxymoron. C) Metaphor. D) Idiom. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 19. Mr. Kern is as cunning as a evil mastermind. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Personification. D) Onomatopoeia. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 20. My life is a dream of wonders. A) Personification. B) Simile. C) Idiom. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Metaphor. 21. When a writer gives an animal or an object qualities or abilities that only a human can have? A) Personification. B) Simile. C) Metaphor. D) Allusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Personification. 22. The car died on the side of the road when it ran out of gas. A) Metaphor. B) Alliteration. C) Simile. D) Onomatopoeia. E) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Personification. 23. Which of the following has an exmaple of onomatopoeia? A) I got home and opened the fridge. I was starving. I felt like I hadn't eaten in days!. B) I got home and dropped my backpack onto the floor. "Pick it up!" Mom said. C) I tried to look where I was going, but didn't see it coming. Then, bam! Right into the door. D) I bounced into class. I was looking good and feeling great. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) I tried to look where I was going, but didn't see it coming. Then, bam! Right into the door. 24. An exaggeration is called a ..... A) Simile. B) Hyperbole. C) Idiom. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hyperbole. 25. What is the meaning of the following statement?I'm dying to see that movie. A) I can wait a little longer. B) I don't want to see the movie. C) I'm excited about seeing the movie. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) I'm excited about seeing the movie. 26. Uses your 5 senses.ex:smell, sight, taste, hearing, touch A) Sensory details. B) Point of view. C) Point of view. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sensory details. 27. Identify the sentence below that is a METAPHOR. A) My new bike is a jet plane because it goes so fast!. B) My new bike can go around the world in an hour!. C) My new bike is the fastest bike ever in the history of time!. D) My new bike is as fast as a race car!. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) My new bike is a jet plane because it goes so fast!. 28. "You could have knocked me over with a feather" is an example of ..... A) Hyperbole. B) Onomatopoeia. C) Personification. D) Imagery. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hyperbole. 29. Which literary device is used in the following line?"The cold night air smelled of smoke and wood as the nearby houses let of a faint glow" A) Hyperbole. B) Imagery. C) Personifcation. D) Tone. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Imagery. 30. An idiom is ..... A) A word or phrase for one thing that is used to refer to another thing in order to show or suggest that they are similar. B) Writing about objects, actions, and ideas in such a way that it appeals to our five physical senses. C) An expression that cannot be understood from the meanings of its separate words but must be learned as a whole. D) A comparison of two unlike things, often introduced by like or as. 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