This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Writing Style > Figurative Language – Quiz 13 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Figurative Language Quiz 13 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. I have a million things to do today. A) Metaphor. B) Hyperbole. C) Idiom. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hyperbole. 2. Their family was a patchwork quilt of diversity. Each adopted child added something beautiful to the whole A) Like a quilt the family was old an ragged. B) Their family had old fashioned traditions like a patchwork quilt. C) Like a quilt stitched together of many fabrixcs, the family had children who were different living together as siblings. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Like a quilt stitched together of many fabrixcs, the family had children who were different living together as siblings. 3. Choose the sentence that contains alliteration below. A) Johnny was as mad as a hornet. B) Mom whispered like a breeze in my ear. C) The tiny ducks took a dip during the day. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The tiny ducks took a dip during the day. 4. A figurative language that uses statements that contradicts itself. A) Oxymoron. B) Idiom. C) Paradox. D) Irony. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Paradox. 5. Imagery is language that creates a picture. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 6. "This homework is a breeze" means ..... A) The homework had a ton of questions. B) The homework was challenging. C) There aren't a lot of questions. D) The homework was very easy. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The homework was very easy. 7. Mark is a cheetah, running through the wild. A) Metaphor. B) Simile. C) Onomatopoeia. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Metaphor. 8. What is being compared in the simile below?"Her tears flowed like a river down her cheek?" A) Her, River. B) Tears, Cheeks. C) Flowed, River. D) Tears, River. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Tears, River. 9. My homework pile is a mile high.This sentence is an example of A) Hyperbole. B) Onomatopoeia. C) Personification. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hyperbole. 10. Which sentence contains a pun? A) The stars winked at me that night. B) Reading on the beach can make you well red. C) Her voice was the most beautful music. D) The man zipped around the corner. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Reading on the beach can make you well red. 11. This sentence is an example of what: "I have a ton of homework." A) Simile. B) Hyperbole. C) Metaphor. D) Idiom. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hyperbole. 12. Which type of figurative language is used in the following Beatles song, "Little darling, it's been a long cold lonely winter?" A) Personification. B) Alliteration. C) Onomatopoeia. D) Cliche. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Alliteration. 13. "Achooo" is an example of what? A) Metaphor. B) Onomatopoeia. C) Alliteration. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Onomatopoeia. 14. A picture is worth a thousand words.What does this idiom mean? A) The picture is expensive. B) A picture can have words. C) If you have a thousand dollars you can get a picture. D) Pictures can give more details than words. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Pictures can give more details than words. 15. Jayla was so tired she decided to hit the hay. What type of figurative language is this? A) Allusion. B) Simile. C) Idiom. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Idiom. 16. This type of figurative language compares things WITHOUT using like or as. A) Simile. B) Hyperbole. C) Metaphor. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Metaphor. 17. The two literary devices that compare two things to each other are ..... and ..... A) Allusion; metaphor. B) Hyperbole; allusion. C) Simile; hyperbole. D) Simile; metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Simile; metaphor. 18. The trees dropped their leaves and rested. A) Metaphor. B) Simile. C) Personification. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Personification. 19. The west wind dances down the road. A) Simile. B) Personification. C) Hyperbole. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Personification. 20. ..... is when you give human-like qualities to something that is not human. A) Metaphor. B) Onomatopoeia. C) Simile. D) Personification. E) Idiom. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Personification. 21. My daughter used every candy cane ever made to decorate her gingerbread house. A) Simile. B) Hyperbole. C) Oxymoron. D) Idiom. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hyperbole. 22. What technique is being used in the following passage:The moon was a silver ship sailing through the sea. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Personification. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 23. The phrase "whale Road" is a kenning referring to ..... A) A subway station. B) The interstate. C) The sea. D) Sea World. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The sea. 24. Her purse weighs a ton. A) Alliteration. B) Hyperbole. C) Metaphor. D) Personficiation. E) Onomatopeia. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hyperbole. 25. Means extreme exaggeration A) Personification. B) Simile. C) Hyperbole. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hyperbole. 26. Baby Brittany bawled because her blue balloon burst. A) Alliteration. B) Simile. C) Personification. D) Idiom. E) Onomatopeia. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Alliteration. 27. What type of figurative language is this??I sat with my cat while wearing a hat. A) Alliteration. B) Rhyme. C) Simile. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Rhyme. 28. Poems are meant to be read A) Silently. B) In lines. C) Repeatedly. D) Aloud. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Aloud. 29. The surf surged up as the sun swept the shore. A) Simile. B) Alliteration. C) Personification. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Alliteration. 30. Mary's voice is music to my ears. A) Idiom. B) Metaphor. C) Personification. D) Proverb or adage. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 31. An imaginative comparison between two unlike things in which one thing is said to be another thing. A) Hyperbole. B) Figures of Speech. C) Simile. D) Metaphor. E) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Metaphor. 32. The candle flame danced in the dark. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Hyperbole. D) Alliteration. E) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Personification. 33. Words used to involve one or more of the readers's five senses. A) Oxymororn. B) Imagery. C) Idiom. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Imagery. 34. Words that make noises or actions: A) Onomatopoeia. B) Hyperbole. C) Alliteration. D) Idiom. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Onomatopoeia. 35. A comparison of two different things without using "like" or "as" A) Hyperbole. B) Metaphor. C) Allusion. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 36. ..... the sound of the rain falling in tons and avalanches, everywhere and forever. A) Personification. B) Alliteration. C) Hyperbole. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hyperbole. 37. Giving human characteristics to inanimate objects, ideas, or animals. A) Hyperbole. B) Metaphor. C) Personification. D) Onomatopoeia. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Personification. 38. His voice is music to my ears. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 39. We had to wait forever! A) Simile. B) Personification. C) Hyperbole. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hyperbole. 40. What makes a comparison between two unrelated things stating that one thing is like another thing. A) Metaphor. B) Personification. C) Irony. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Simile. 41. Which object is this sentence describing?"The burning ball of fire rose every morning at the same time spreading light in every direction" A) Sun. B) Earth. C) Moon. D) Saturn. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sun. 42. Name the figurative language: "the cereal popped and cracked in my bowl." A) Idiom. B) Alliteration. C) Onomatopoeia. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Onomatopoeia. 43. An expression that cannot be understood by the meaning of its words is an example of what type of figurative language? A) Onomatopoeia. B) Hyperbole. C) Idiom. D) Cliche. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Idiom. 44. Repeating the beginning sound in words is A) Personification. B) Onomatopoeia. C) Hyperbole. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Alliteration. 45. Which sentence contains an example of a SIMILE? A) His words were like a soothing balm to her heart. B) Love is a battlefield. C) She is the apple of my eye. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) His words were like a soothing balm to her heart. 46. A humorous 5-line poem with an AABBA rhyme Pattern ..... A) Limerick. B) Meter. C) Symbolism. D) Theme. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Limerick. 47. "Wham!" is an example of what? A) Personification. B) Onomatopoeia. C) Metaphor. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Onomatopoeia. 48. Jane jumped joyfully. A) Oxymoron. B) Repetition. C) Contrast. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Alliteration. 49. What literary device is being used? "It is the East, and Juliet is the sun!" A) Personification. B) Alliteration. C) Metaphor. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Metaphor. 50. Her messy room was a disaster zone A) Idiom. B) A. C) Simile. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Metaphor. 51. Discuss how hyperbole is used in the text. What is its purpose? A) Hyperbole is used to create emphasis and evoke strong emotions. B) Hyperbole is used to provide factual information. C) Hyperbole serves to confuse the reader. D) Hyperbole is used to downplay the significance of events. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hyperbole is used to create emphasis and evoke strong emotions. 52. "The leaves danced in the wind" A) Hyperbole. B) Simile. C) Personification. D) Allitaration. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Personification. 53. What does the following sentence mean:The hamburger was a brick in my stomach A) The hamburger was delicious. B) The hamburger was heavy. C) The hamburger was light. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The hamburger was delicious. 54. Paul's peaches were perfectly ripe. A) Personification. B) Alliteration. C) Onomatopeoia. D) Simlie. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Alliteration. 55. Using two words with opposite meanings to create a new meaning A) Hyperbole. B) Paradox. C) Oxymoron. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Oxymoron. 56. On the beautiful summer night, the trees danced in the breeze is an example of ..... A) Alliteration. B) Personification. C) Rhyme. D) Stanza. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Personification. 57. Make sure you tell you're friends in the play to break a leg tonight! A) Personification. B) Idiom. C) Metaphor. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Idiom. 58. Kaiden's jacket is so bright, I feel like I'm looking at the face of the sun! A) Personification. B) Hyperbole. C) Allusion. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hyperbole. 59. "I caught a fish as big as a house, " is an example of what type of figurative language? A) Personification. B) A simile. C) A hyperbole. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A hyperbole. 60. It really burned me up when you yelled at me A) Alliteration. B) Personification. C) Simile. D) Idiom. 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