This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Writing Style > Figurative Language – Quiz 16 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Figurative Language Quiz 16 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. True or False:The following line is an idiom:"My Fortnite game is calling my name to come play it!" A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 2. That boxer's head is as hard as rock. A) Proverb or adage. B) Personification. C) Simile. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Simile. 3. Which of these is an example of personification? A) The lightning struck a building. B) The lightning was bright. C) The lightning danced across the sky. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The lightning danced across the sky. 4. I was so excited for the weekend that school on Friday took an eternity.What is this an example of? A) Hyperbole. B) Allusion. C) Metaphor. D) Idiom. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hyperbole. 5. Life is a highway. A) Metaphor. B) Simile. C) Personification. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Metaphor. 6. A point by point comparison made between two things to show how they are alike. A) Alliteration. B) Euphemism. C) Analogy. D) Idiom. E) Onomatopeia. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Analogy. 7. What is an intentional exaggeration of the truth, used to emphasize the importance of something or to create a comic effect A) Figurative Language. B) Hyperbole. C) Personification. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hyperbole. 8. Giving human characteristics to nonhuman object or animals is an example of what type of figurative language? A) Onomatopoeia. B) Personification. C) Hyperbole. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Personification. 9. Explain the meaning of the metaphor below.Todd is a walking dictionary! A) Todd knows the meaning of many words. B) Todd looks like a dictionary. C) Todd has a dictionary with him. D) Todd is actually a dictionary. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Todd knows the meaning of many words. 10. Identify the sentence that uses personification:a) The flowers danced in the wind.b) The car zoomed down the highway.c) The raindrops fell softly on the roof.d) The stars twinkled in the night sky. A) C. B) A. C) D. D) B. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A. 11. Name the figurative language: "he was a gazelle running smoothly through the woods." A) Metaphor. B) Simile. C) Idiom. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Metaphor. 12. Read the sentence. Which type of figurative language is it?The wrinkles in the old man's face appeared deep enough for hills and mountains to hide. A) Metaphor. B) Hyperbole. C) Personification. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hyperbole. 13. The drive to Disney World will last forever if I have to be stuck in the backseat with my pesky little sister. A) Metaphor. B) Simile. C) Hyperbole. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hyperbole. 14. Identify the figurative language technique that matches the following definition.A PLAY ON WORDS A) Idiom. B) Hyperbole. C) Pun. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Pun. 15. The lightning danced across the sky during the storm. A) Hyperbole. B) Personification. C) Metaphor. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Personification. 16. A direct comparison of two things A) Metaphor. B) Simile. C) Personification. D) Alliteration. E) Onomatopoeia. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Metaphor. 17. "My dad is a bear when he sleeps" is an example of what? A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Hyperbole. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 18. The evening melted away like a snowflake. A) Metaphor. B) Personification. C) Hyperbole. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Simile. 19. The repetition of the same letter at the beginning of a word A) Metaphor. B) Simile. C) Personification. D) Alliteration. E) Onomatopoeia. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Alliteration. 20. A comparison using like or as is which type of figurative language? A) Simile. B) Onomatopoeia. C) Assonance. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 21. A concrete object that stands in for an abstract idea. A) Symbol. B) Mood. C) Simile. D) Theme. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Symbol. 22. She is as fast as lightening is an example of a ..... A) Metaphor. B) Simile. C) Personification. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Simile. 23. The sleigh was as quick as lightning A) Alliteration. B) Simile. C) Metaphor. D) Allusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Simile. 24. The trees danced is an example of ..... A) Hyperbole. B) Simile. C) Metaphor. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Personification. 25. What is the allusion?If they keep pushing me, I'm going to turn into the Hulk. A) The Hulk. B) Keep pushing me. C) Turn into. D) Me. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The Hulk. 26. This line from Book 1 introduces which of the following themes, "You need not bear this insolence of theirs, you are a child no longer" ? A) A soldier must struggle to get home from war. B) A boy must struggle to become a man. C) A queen must use wit to stay faithful. D) A king must struggle to reclaim his kingdom. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A boy must struggle to become a man. 27. Time is a friend and an enemy at times. A) Onomatopoeia. B) Metaphor. C) Hyperbole. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 28. THE NEWS TRAVELED QUICKLY. A) SIMILIE. B) METAPHOR. C) ONOMATOPOEIA. D) PERSONIFICATION. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) PERSONIFICATION. 29. Ms. Taylor has a truckload of paperwork to do before she can go home. A) Literal. B) Figurative. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Figurative. 30. Which sentence contains an example of an ALLITERATION? A) She sells seashells by the seashore. B) Time flies when you're having fun. C) Out of the frying pan and into the fire. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) She sells seashells by the seashore. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesGrammar QuizzesEnglish Grammar QuizzesFigurative Language Quiz 1Figurative Language Quiz 2Figurative Language Quiz 3Figurative Language Quiz 4Figurative Language Quiz 5Figurative Language Quiz 6Figurative Language Quiz 7Figurative Language Quiz 8 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books