This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Writing Style > Figurative Language – Quiz 14 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Figurative Language Quiz 14 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The papers jumped from Miss Clanton's desk when she opened the window. A) Personification. B) Simile. C) Metaphor. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Personification. 2. In winter, when it rained, he climbed into bed and felt as snug as a bug in a rug.What figurative language device is being used in the sentence above? A) Oxymoron. B) Personification. C) Simile. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Simile. 3. Figurative language is ..... El lenguaje figurado es ..... A) Only used in literatureSolo se usa en la literatura. B) Inappropriate for schoolInapropiado para la escuela. C) Used to add a creative flourish to our writingSe usa para agregar un toque creativo a nuestra escritura. D) Using the exact meaning of a wordUsar el significado exacto de una palabra. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Used to add a creative flourish to our writingSe usa para agregar un toque creativo a nuestra escritura. 4. When fiction writers want to engage their audience using a more creative tone that provokes thinking and sometimes humor, what were they used for their writing? A) Used of adverbs. B) Used of nouns. C) Used of adjectives. D) Used figurative languages. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Used figurative languages. 5. Using the same letter sound throughout the sentence A) Alliteratioin. B) Metaphor. C) Personification. D) Onomatopoeia. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Alliteratioin. 6. What type of figurative language is being used in the sentence below?The heater yelled as it came on for the first time for the winter. A) Alliteration. B) Personification. C) Metaphor. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Personification. 7. ..... is a comparison between two different things using "like" or "as" A) SIMILE. B) PERSONIFICATION. C) ONOMATOPOEIA. D) HYPERBOLE. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) SIMILE. 8. My fingers are icicles! A) Alliteration. B) Personification. C) Simile. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Metaphor. 9. What type of figurative language is the repetition of the same sound or letter in a sentence or phrase? A) Idiom. B) Metaphor. C) Alliteration. D) Imagery. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Alliteration. 10. Tommy is a bull in a china stop A) Metaphor. B) Symbol. C) Simile. D) Onomatopoeia. E) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Metaphor. 11. The writers attitude toward what they're writing about. A) Simile. B) Mood. C) Tone. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Tone. 12. Which type of figurative language is below?The sand pulled at my feet. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Personification. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Personification. 13. "The ice cream was calling my name" A) Personification. B) Metaphor. C) Hyperbole. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Personification. 14. Name the figurative language: "the cookies were so delicious, I think I could eat a million of them!" A) Metaphor. B) Personification. C) Hyperbole. D) Idiom. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hyperbole. 15. Mom, I will just die if I can't go to the movies A) Metaphor. B) Simile. C) Hyperbole. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hyperbole. 16. 3) These sitters had been tongueless, earless, eyeless ..... A) Imagery. B) Motif. C) Repetition. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hyperbole. 17. Language and poetic techniques use to create mental pictures and cause emotions in the reader. A) Verse. B) Alliteration. C) Imagery. D) Symbolism. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Imagery. 18. Giving human qualities to inanimate objects A) Personification. B) Onomatopeia. C) Metaphor. D) Idiom. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Personification. 19. OUCH! Charlie bit my finger! A) ONOMATOPOEIA. B) PERSONIFICATION. C) SIMILE. D) HYPERBOLE. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) ONOMATOPOEIA. 20. As we walked through the scorching desert, the sun beat down on us. A) Metaphor. B) Simile. C) Hyperbole. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Personification. 21. The sun smiled after the rain stopped. A) Idiom. B) Personification. C) Metaphor. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Personification. 22. Figurative LanguageA word or phrase that does not have its normal, everyday, literal meaning. It is used by the writer to create a mental picture for the reader, for dramatic effect, or to make writing more interesting and clear. A) I read this slide. B) I did not read this slide. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) I read this slide. 23. I can't come over because I have a million things to do A) Personification. B) Simile. C) Hyperbole. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hyperbole. 24. The art gallery displayed hundreds of ..... and ..... A) Pots pans cups. B) Books pots pans. C) Precious pictures paintings. D) Prints cups pans. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Precious pictures paintings. 25. 2) "It was the time for sitting on porches ..... It was the time to hear things and talk ..... " A) Allusion. B) Repetition. C) Imagery. D) Anecdote. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Repetition. 26. A comparison of two unlike things using the words like or as. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Allusion. D) Idiom. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 27. If he does not talk to me today, I will die. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Personification. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hyperbole. 28. "Shawn would move mountains for Angela."What's the meaning of this hyperbole? A) Shawn and Angela like to climb mountains together. B) Shawn paints pictures of mountain scenes. C) Shawn would do anything for Angela. D) Angela is really pretty. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Shawn would do anything for Angela. 29. "My dad is strong like Superman" is saying ..... A) My dad is very strong. B) My dad wishes he were superman. C) My dad is NOT strong. D) My dad is Superman. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) My dad is very strong. 30. What kind of figurative language is being used?Amy ate an amazing apple at Andrew's. A) Hyperbole. B) Alliteration. C) Simile. D) Imagery. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Alliteration. 31. The horse galloped lightning.What is this an example of? A) Metaphor. B) Allusion. C) Simile. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Metaphor. 32. Nick is a beast on the football field. A) Metaphor. B) Allusion. C) Onomatopoeia. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Metaphor. 33. She was humming a song. A) Onomatopoeia. B) Simile. C) Alliteration. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Onomatopoeia. 34. A comparison of two nouns that don't use like or as is a/an ..... A) Personification. B) Simile. C) Idiom. D) Metaphor. E) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Metaphor. 35. Jacob was a perfect angel during school. A) Metaphor. B) Simile. C) Personification. D) Idiom. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Metaphor. 36. The sky was any angry, purple monster. It roared fiercely as the thunder crashed and the rain poured. A) The sky had clouds in the shape of a monster. B) The sky was stormy. C) Monsters invaded the town. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The sky was stormy. 37. Which song lyrics contain hyperbole? A) You're my kryptonite. B) I found a woman, stronger than anyone I know. C) Loving him was red. D) Half of my heart is in Havana. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) I found a woman, stronger than anyone I know. 38. What type of figurative language is used in the sentence:'The leaves waved in the wind'? A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Personification. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Personification. 39. Taryn took ten terrific tacos to Taylor's table. A) Alliteration. B) Simile. C) Metaphor. D) Personficiation. E) Onomatopeia. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Alliteration. 40. The stuffed animals were placed two by two on the bed in a Noah's ark fashion. A) Simile. B) Oxymoron. C) Biblical Allusion. D) Parallel Structure. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Biblical Allusion. 41. What type of figurative language is used in the following lines?"For the moon never beams, without bringing me dreams Of the beautiful Annabel Lee;" A) Metaphor. B) Simile. C) Alliteration. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Personification. 42. Tim took tons of tools to make toys for the tots. A) Hyperbole. B) Alliteration. C) Metaphor. D) Onomatopoeia. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Alliteration. 43. What is the meaning of the personification in the sentence below?The cold snowflakes kissed her cheeks. A) The snow was heavy and falling hard. B) The snow was falling lightly on her face. C) The snowflakes were kissing people all around. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The snow was falling lightly on her face. 44. I will not have you, in one night, besmirching that name by behaving like a babbling, bumbling band of baboons A) Alliteration. B) Simile. C) Allusion. D) Idiom. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Alliteration. 45. This sentence is an example of what: "I feel as happy as a puppy rolling around in the grass." A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Onomatopoeia. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 46. When two or more words that start with the same sound are used repeatedly in a phrase. A) Onomatopoeia. B) Personification. C) Simile. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Alliteration. 47. The fire roared to life A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 48. Comparing to unlike things by saying that one thing is another thing. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Allusion. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 49. "The sunlight kissed her head as the gentle breeze whispered in her ear." This is an example of ..... A) Personification. B) Style. C) Structure. D) Rhythm. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Personification. 50. Dawn is like a seedthat will grow into daylight.This is an example of: A) Metaphor. B) Simile. C) Alliteration. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Simile. 51. The comic book superhero Spider-Man possesses a Spidey sense that warns him of trouble that's coming his way. What is the meaning of the ALLUSION in the sentence below? Luther picked up his pace on the trail as his Spidey sense began to tingle. A) Sense of pride. B) Sense of wonder. C) Sense of danger. D) Sense of smell. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sense of danger. 52. "I feel as happy as a puppy rolling around in the grass" is an example of ..... A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Onomatopoeia. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 53. A black bug bit a big black bear. A) Hyperbole. B) Personificatiion. C) Onomatopoeia. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Alliteration. 54. A comparison of two unlike things that have something in common.NO like or as. A) Metaphor. B) Simile. C) Hyperbole. D) Onomatopoeia. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Metaphor. 55. "When pigs fly" is an example of which type of figurative language? A) Alliteration. B) Metaphor. C) Idiom. D) Onomatopoeia. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Idiom. 56. Opportunity was knocking at his door. A) Hyperbole. B) Alliteration. C) Onomatopoeia. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Personification. 57. Defne Personification A) A comparison of two dissimilar items without using like, as, or than. B) A play on words to produce a humorous effect. C) Giving an inanimate object, animal, or abstract concept human qualities. D) Sound word. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Giving an inanimate object, animal, or abstract concept human qualities. 58. Vivian noticed the moon playing peek-a-boo with the clouds A) Personification. B) Hyperbole. C) Simile. D) Idiom. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Personification. 59. "The whole world was staring at me!" This sentence is an example of ..... A) Alliteration. B) Hyperbole. C) Imagery. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hyperbole. 60. The tree leaves danced in the wind. A) Metaphor. B) Simile. C) Alliteration. D) Personification. 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