This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Writing Style > Figurative Language – Quiz 12 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Figurative Language Quiz 12 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which figure of speech is used in the sentence:'Her eyes were sparkling diamonds'?a) Simileb) Metaphorc) Personificationd) Hyperbole A) Simile. B) Personification. C) Hyperbole. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Metaphor. 2. Comparing 2 things NOT using like or as. (Hint:uses "was" ) A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Tone. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 3. A metaphor compares A) An exaggeration. B) Different types of animals. C) Two things using "like" or "as". D) Two things without using "like" or "as". Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Two things without using "like" or "as". 4. The baby slept as quiet as a mouse.What is this an example of? A) Simile. B) Allusion. C) Metaphor. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 5. America is a melting pot. A) Hyperbole. B) Personification. C) Metaphor. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Metaphor. 6. What type of figurative language is this??The ocean called my name. A) Hyperbole. B) Personification. C) Simile. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Personification. 7. Comparing two objects using like or as A) Metaphor. B) Idiom. C) Simile. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Simile. 8. The ice sculptor's hands fluttered like hummingbird wings. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Hyperbole. D) Alliteration. E) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 9. Katelyn didn't realize anyone was in the room while she was singing. "Don't stop, Beyonce, " said her mom. "You sound great!" A) Idiom. B) Hyperbole. C) Simile. D) Allusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Allusion. 10. The leaves skipped across the ground. A) Metaphor. B) Idiom. C) Personification. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Personification. 11. Rachel is a walking encyclopedia. A) Simile. B) Personification. C) Idiom. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Metaphor. 12. Eight eleves snick into every present on Evergreen Street. A) Hyperbole. B) Alliteration. C) Simile. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Alliteration. 13. A simile COMPARES 2 things using the words ..... or ..... A) And, or. B) Like, as. C) And, like. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Like, as. 14. When a phrase conveys a figurative meaning that is difficult or impossible to understand based only on its literal interpretation. A) Idiom. B) Oxymoron. C) Allusion. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Idiom. 15. What kind of figurative language is being used?The bus hit a tree and went boom as it exploded. A) Imagery. B) Onomatopoeia. C) Simile. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Onomatopoeia. 16. What is the meaning of the following statement?The stars were diamonds in the nighttime sky. A) The stars are expensive. B) The stars are not out tonight. C) The stars were bright and sparkling. D) It is almost night time. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The stars were bright and sparkling. 17. The elderly woman who was thrown from the train was having a rough morning. A) Hyperbole. B) Understatement. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Understatement. 18. What type of figurative language is shown?While working, write your wackiest words down. A) Metaphor. B) Simile. C) Alliteration. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Alliteration. 19. We learned that after Christmas break we would be hosting a student teacher. A) Oxymoron. B) Pun. C) Personification. D) Idiom. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Oxymoron. 20. Click the button to take the picture. A) Onomatopeia. B) Hyperbole. C) Simile. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Onomatopeia. 21. He clattered and clanged as he washed the dishes. A) Onomatopoeia. B) Idiom. C) Simile. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Onomatopoeia. 22. What is the following sentence an example of:She sells sea shells by the sea shore. A) Pun. B) Simile. C) Alliteration. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Alliteration. 23. Red Rover, Red Rover send Robin right over.This sentence is an example of A) Hyperbole. B) Alliteration. C) Personification. D) Onomatopoeia. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Alliteration. 24. "I caught a fish as big as a house, " is an example of what literary device? A) Personification. B) A simile. C) A hyperbole. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A hyperbole. 25. A simile compares two things using the words ..... or ..... A) Am; are. B) Like; as. C) Am; as. D) Like; are. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Like; as. 26. When a word sounds like its meaning. A) Alliteration. B) Onomatopoeia. C) Personification. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Onomatopoeia. 27. My dog ate so much he looked like a blimp. A) Alliteration. B) Simile. C) Metaphor. D) Personficiation. E) Onomatopeia. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Simile. 28. The sun smiled on me as I played kickball. A) Metaphor. B) Simile. C) Personification. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Personification. 29. "Rita, I have told you a million times to clean your room!" screamed her mother. Rita's room was a pigsty, with clothes strewn everywhere and empty granola bar wrappers littering the floor. ''I don't know how anyone can live like this!" her mother continued. What type of figurative language is used above? A) Personification. B) Hyperbole. C) Metaphor. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hyperbole. 30. Giving a nonliving thing human qualities A) Personification. B) Alliteration. C) Assonance. D) Repetition. 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