This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Writing Style > Figurative Language – Quiz 11 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Figurative Language Quiz 11 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The pie was so tough I needed an ax to cut it. A) Hyperbole. B) Personification. C) Onomatopoeia. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hyperbole. 2. Kisses are the flowers of affection.This is an example of: A) Metaphor. B) Simile. C) Personification. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Metaphor. 3. An exaggeration used for comic effect.(HINT:that person is being extra) A) Imagery. B) Hyperbole. C) Sensory details. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hyperbole. 4. Yahri is as quick as a cat! A) Metaphor. B) Simile. C) Allusion. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Simile. 5. Name the figurative language: "After a long day of hiking, he slept like a log." A) Simile. B) Idiom. C) Metaphor. D) Proverb. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 6. The use of Robert Frost's poem "Nothing Gold Can Stay", in The Outsiders is an example of: A) Verbal irony. B) Pun. C) Allusion. D) Understatement. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Allusion. 7. MY BOYFRIEND IS MY PRINCE CHARMING. A) SIMILIE. B) METAPHOR. C) ONOMATOPOEIA. D) PERSONIFICATION. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) METAPHOR. 8. What is the meaning of the sentence:Tom is a walking dictionary? A) Todd is an actual dictionary. B) Todd knows the meaning of many words. C) Todd looks like a dictionary. D) Todd likes to read. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Todd knows the meaning of many words. 9. Vince gulped down the Mountain Dew. A) Hyperbole. B) Simile. C) Oxymoron. D) Onomatopoeia. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Onomatopoeia. 10. "The firework exploded in the air, making a big BOOM in the air." is an example of A) Personification. B) Onomatopoeia. C) Metaphor. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Onomatopoeia. 11. Choose the correct type of figurative language found in the following sentence:Time is as cruel as a thief in the night. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Hyperbole. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 12. An object or animal is spoken of as if it has human feelings, thoughts or attitudes. A) Metaphor. B) Hyperbole. C) Simile. D) Personification. E) Figures of Speech. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Personification. 13. Select the statement that features a hyperbole. A) Kaliyah went to Six Flags recently. B) Grandmother is older than the hills. C) Outside was extremely cold. D) Chips and guacamole are so delicious. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Grandmother is older than the hills. 14. What is a palindrome? A) A direct comparison of two unlike things. B) An extreme exaggeration. C) A play on words by using words that have multiple meanings. D) A word that can be read both forward and backward. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A word that can be read both forward and backward. 15. The dragon was as big as a house. A) Simile. B) Alliteration. C) Personification. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 16. ''Your smile shines as bright as the sun" is an example of a A) Simile. B) Idiom. C) Metaphor. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 17. The snow is a white blanket covering the grass. A) Metaphor. B) Simile. C) Personification. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Metaphor. 18. The car raced by, screaming for attention A) Personification. B) Hyperbole. C) Idiom. D) Allusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Personification. 19. Don't be left out in the cold. Make sure you do your Christmas shopping early this year. A) Idiom. B) Hyperbole. C) Metaphor. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Idiom. 20. There was a mountain of candy at my house after Halloween. A) Simile. B) Hyperbole. C) Personification. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hyperbole. 21. "The cold night air smelled of smoke and wood as the nearby houses let of a faint glow" is an example of A) Personifcation. B) Hyperbole. C) Tone. D) Imagery. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Imagery. 22. The students are as busy as bees as they worked to finish their final project for the school year.T/F-The students were not completing their work and were being lazy in the sentence above. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 23. A figure of speech in which an object or animal is given human feelings, thoughts, or attitudes A) Personification. B) Alliteration. C) Onomatopoeia. D) Idiom. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Personification. 24. It feels like forever until summer! A) Allusion. B) Hyperbole. C) Personification. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hyperbole. 25. My backpack weighs a ton! A) Personification. B) Hyperbole. C) Simile. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hyperbole. 26. My friend and I got lost in the corn maze, and we wandered around forever before we finally escaped. Which phrase from the sentence is the hyperbole? A) Lost in the corn maze. B) Wandered around forever. C) Finally escaped. D) My friend and I got lost. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Wandered around forever. 27. Which word is an onomatopoeia in the sentence below?The glass crashed onto the floor. A) Crashed. B) Glass. C) Floor. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Crashed. 28. Squish, splash were the sounds of my feet crashing through the leaves to the wet ground below. A) Personification. B) Simile. C) Onomatopoeia. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Onomatopoeia. 29. Ana is as slow as molasses in the mornings.What does this figurative language mean? A) Ana is not moving. B) Ana moves very slow. C) Ana is sitting down. D) Ana is moving fast. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ana moves very slow. 30. Don't get so worked up, buddy. She's only pulling your leg. A) Idiom. B) Proverb/adage. C) Metaphor. D) Simile. E) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Idiom. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesGrammar QuizzesEnglish Grammar QuizzesFigurative Language Quiz 1Figurative Language Quiz 2Figurative Language Quiz 3Figurative Language Quiz 4Figurative Language Quiz 5Figurative Language Quiz 6Figurative Language Quiz 7Figurative Language Quiz 8 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books