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 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. She [Janie] was " ..... beneath the pear tree soaking in the alto chant of the visiting bees, the gold of the sun and the panting breath of the breeze when the inaudible voice of it all came to her." A) Alliteration. B) Symbol. C) Irony. D) Imagery. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Imagery. 2. What is being personified? "The orange wall screamed at her when she walked by." A) The wall. B) Walked by. C) Screamed. D) Orange. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The wall. 3. "Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow." This is an example of ..... A) Plot. B) Rhyme. C) Style. D) Repetition. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Repetition. 4. Name the figurative language: "actions speak louder than words." A) Proverb. B) Adage. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Proverb. 5. The song lyric, "I would walk 500 miles, And I would walk 500 more, Just to be the man who walked 1, 000 miles to fall down at your door, " is BEST described as an example of ..... A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Allusion. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hyperbole. 6. A comparison between two unlike things without using 'like' or 'as' A) Simile. B) Personification. C) Hyperbole. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Metaphor. 7. Clues that give hints as to what is going to happen next in the story. (Hint:predicting the future) A) Foreshadowing. B) Tone. C) Mood. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Foreshadowing. 8. My homework pile is a mile high. (a) A) A. hyperbole. B) Onomatopoeia. C) Personification. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A. hyperbole. 9. Giving some non-human thing qualities of a human is an example of ..... A) Metaphor. B) Hyperbole. C) Personification. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Personification. 10. "We're a flame in the wind, not the fire that we've begun" is an example of ..... A) A simile. B) A metaphor. C) A hyperbole. D) An allusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A metaphor. 11. Dad said, "I'd give a million dollars for a piece of pumpkin pie." Dad's statement is an example of A) A hyperbole. B) A metaphor. C) A simile,. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A hyperbole. 12. "Maidenhood must end! Have not the noblest born Phaecianspaid court to thee, whose birth none can excel? Go beg thy sovereign father, even at dawn, to have the mule cart and the mules brought roundto take thy body-linen, gowns, and mantles" A) Allusion. B) Rhetorical Question. C) Alliteration. D) Imagery. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Rhetorical Question. 13. He's a Scrooge when it comes to giving. What type of figurative language is this? A) Simile. B) Allusion. C) Onomatopoeia. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Allusion. 14. "The pillow is as soft as a cloud" is an example of a metaphor. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 15. "You lived your life like a candle in the wind" is an example of ..... A) Personification. B) A simile. C) A metaphor. D) Imagery. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A simile. 16. She read the book at a snail's pace. A) Personification. B) Metaphor. C) Simile. D) Onomatopeia. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 17. Uses extreme exaggeration. A) Personification. B) Hyperbole. C) Simile. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hyperbole. 18. The boy runs so fast, he is lightning. A) Personification. B) Simile. C) Imagery. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Metaphor. 19. Repeating exact words or phrases for emphasis A) Alliteration. B) Repetition. C) Biblical Allusion. D) Parallel Structure. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Repetition. 20. You are a diamond in the rough A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Alliteration. D) Onomatopoeia. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 21. Keith is a shining star A) Personification. B) Simile. C) Idiom. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Metaphor. 22. "The city was a jungle" is an example of what? A) Alliteration. B) Simile. C) Metaphor. D) Onomatopoeia. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Metaphor. 23. The use of symbols to express or represent ideas or qualities in literature. A) Free Verse. B) Imagery. C) Couplet. D) Symbolism. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Symbolism. 24. His eyes were glued to the clock. This is an example of ..... A) Alliteration. B) Simile. C) Metaphor. D) Idiom. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Idiom. 25. A figure of speech that uses exaggeration to express strong emotion, make a point, or evoke humor A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Hyberbole. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hyberbole. 26. A comparison of two things that does not use like or as is a/an ..... A) Simile. B) Personification. C) Idiom. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Metaphor. 27. What kind of figurative language is being used?Avery was so mad his head blew up. A) Imagery. B) Simile. C) Hyperbole. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hyperbole. 28. This back pack weights a TON! A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Hyperbole. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hyperbole. 29. Five funny frogs ferociously ate french fries.What is this an example of? A) Idiom. B) Onomatopoeia. C) Hyperbole. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Alliteration. 30. The sunflowers nodded their heads. A) Onomatopoeia. B) Personification. C) Simile. D) None of the above. 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