This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Writing Style > Figurative Language – Quiz 15 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Figurative Language Quiz 15 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Figurative language is words that always mean exactly what they say. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 2. Her smile was a ray of sunshine. A) Metaphor. B) Onomatopoeia. C) Hyperbole. D) Oxymoron. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Metaphor. 3. Giving human traits to a non-human object.ex:the sun is smiling at us. A) Symbolism. B) Tone. C) Personification. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Personification. 4. What type of figurative language?"I want to wake up in a city that doesn't sleep" A) Hyperbole. B) Personification. C) Simile. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Personification. 5. My father was the sun and the moon to me A) Personification. B) Alliteration. C) Metaphor. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Metaphor. 6. What is the following sentence an example of:Two heads are better than one! A) Idiom. B) Hyperbole. C) Simile. D) Palindrome. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Idiom. 7. A comparison of who different things by stating that one thing is another A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Hyperbole. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 8. Jessica is an Einstein in her math class. A) Allusion. B) Personification. C) Simile. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Allusion. 9. "she is as sweet as pie" A) Metaphor. B) Idiom. C) Onomatopoeia. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Simile. 10. The moon waved goodbye as the sun woke up. A) Idiom. B) Simile. C) Hyperbole. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Personification. 11. Which type of figurative language is below?I walked as slowly as a turtle. A) Onomatopoeia. B) Personification. C) Metaphor. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Simile. 12. An exaggeration that cannot possibly be true. A) Allusion. B) Hyperbole. C) Alliteration. D) Onomatopoeia. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hyperbole. 13. Name the figurative language: "the sky opened and cried its tears upon the earth." A) Idiom. B) Alliteration. C) Metaphor. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Personification. 14. Which of the following is an example of hyperbole?a) The cat's fur was as soft as silk.b) I've told you a million times.c) The flowers bloomed in the garden.d) The mountain stood tall and proud. A) D. B) A. C) C. D) B. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) B. 15. There was a tremendously loud CRASH outside my window on the street. A) Onomatopoeia. B) Hyperbole. C) Simile. D) Metaphor. E) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Onomatopoeia. 16. My new blanket was dressed in snowflakes. A) Idiom. B) Simile. C) Personification. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Personification. 17. What type of figurative language is being used? Fish are so smart because they live in schools. A) Allusion. B) Metaphor. C) Simile. D) Pun. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Pun. 18. You live and you learn. A) Idiom. B) Personification. C) Metaphor. D) Proverb or adage. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Proverb or adage. 19. Overstating something, usually for the purpose of creating a comic effect. A) Figures of Speech. B) Metaphor. C) Personification. D) Simile. E) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Hyperbole. 20. What type of figurative language is being used in the quote?"My hands were as cold as ice after sledding." A) Metaphor. B) Idiom. C) Simile. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Simile. 21. Which one is alliteration? A) Gary gave gallons of gas to him. B) Shannon runs fast. C) Her eyes are like the ocean. D) Run like the wind. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Gary gave gallons of gas to him. 22. When two or more words close together in a story or poem start with the same consonant sound. A) Allusion. B) Alliteration. C) Idiom. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Alliteration. 23. "Silence was broken by the ring of piano keys as Shannon began practicing" appeals to which of the five senses? A) Taste. B) Hearing. C) Touch. D) Sight. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hearing. 24. Nor shall Death brag thou wander'st in his shade ..... What figurative language device is used in the example above? A) Metaphor. B) Oxymoron. C) Pun. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Personification. 25. I like pancake so much I could eat a million of them A) Hyperbole. B) Simile. C) Personification. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hyperbole. 26. Ms. Hearon's plant decided it wanted a new place to live, so it went to Mr. Lawson's room. A) Onomatopoeia. B) Personification. C) Metaphor. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Personification. 27. Identify the correct definition below that matches HYPERBOLE. A) A peculiar phrase that cannot be taken literally. B) A word that sounds like its meaning. C) A play on words. D) Using exaggeration to prove a point. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Using exaggeration to prove a point. 28. "The scent of sweet hibiscus wafting through the air, its tropical smell a reminder that she was on vacation" appeals to which sense? A) Hearing. B) Taste. C) Sight. D) Smell. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Smell. 29. What is where an author gives human qualities to non-human things such as animals or objects? A) Hyperbole. B) Simile. C) Metaphor. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Personification. 30. The football player ran like a cheetah down the field to score a touchdown. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Personification. D) Alliteration. 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