This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Writing Style > Figurative Language – Quiz 17 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Figurative Language Quiz 17 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. This is an example of which of the following:Ms. Taylor is as wise as an owl. A) Personification. B) Symbolism. C) Simile. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Simile. 2. Name the form of FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE used:Ben was a human calculator, finishing all of his equations in under five minutes! A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Personification. D) Antonym. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 3. Read these lines from a poem:"the stars talk away the night" is an example of ..... A) Hyperbole. B) Simile. C) Metaphor. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Personification. 4. My teeth were chattering as we waited in the freezing cold. A) Hyperbole. B) Simile. C) Onomatopoeia. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Onomatopoeia. 5. Identify the sentence that does NOT contain an IDIOM. A) Her wrist was red after her brother grabbed her arm and squeezed it. B) My mom has a green thumb and can make any plant grow. C) He was very blue when his girlfriend broke up with him. D) She told a little white lie to make her grandma happy. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Her wrist was red after her brother grabbed her arm and squeezed it. 6. What type of figurative language is being used in the sentence below?Maggie makes Max match many marbles. A) Onomatopoeia. B) Simile. C) Alliteration. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Alliteration. 7. Freddy French fired five fabulous free throws. A) Simile. B) Alliteration. C) Metaphor. D) Oxymoron. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Alliteration. 8. A line of a poem. A) Meter. B) Stanza. C) Haiku. D) Verse. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Verse. 9. What is referred as the choice of words in a literary work to convey action, reveal character, imply attitudes, identify themes, and suggest values? A) Diction. B) Specific experience. C) Imagery. D) Figures of speech. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Diction. 10. Julie's smile is like a warm ray of sunshine. A) Metaphor. B) Simile. C) Alliteration. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Simile. 11. I played Fortnite until my fingers fell off! A) Personification. B) Idiom. C) Simile. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hyperbole. 12. The sun gently kissed me as I hiked A) Alliteration. B) Simile. C) Metaphor. D) Personficiation. E) Onomatopeia. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Personficiation. 13. This compares two, unlike things by saying that one thing is another. A) Personification. B) Hyperbole. C) Metaphor. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Metaphor. 14. What involves words or phrases that appeal to the five senses? A) Rhyme. B) Imagery. C) Rhythm. D) Onomatopoeia. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Imagery. 15. "The sunshine threw his hat away." is an example of what? A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Alliteration. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Personification. 16. When words sound like they look or mean they are using? A) Oxymoron. B) Analogy. C) Personification. D) Onomatopoeia. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Onomatopoeia. 17. Figurative language is ..... A) Language from another language. B) Language that tells the reader exactly what they mean. C) Language that should be taken literal. D) Language that should not be taken literal. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Language that should not be taken literal. 18. Explain the meaning of the simile below.Anna cried like a baby. A) Anna's cry was high-pitched. B) Anna was sleepy. C) Anna cried for two minutes. D) Anna would not stop crying. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Anna would not stop crying. 19. Identify the figure of speech:I am drowning in work. A) Metaphor. B) Personification. C) Hyperbole. D) Oxymoron. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hyperbole. 20. What is the following an example of:I must have slept 100 hours last night! A) Pun. B) Proverb. C) Hyperbole. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hyperbole. 21. My son is such a Grinch in the morning; always grumbling about brushing his teeth and getting dressed. A) Simile. B) Allusion. C) Oxymoron. D) Idiom. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Allusion. 22. Stormy was 6 fathoms or 36 FEET TALL! This is an example of: A) Imagery. B) Metaphor. C) Hyperbole. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hyperbole. 23. "The stars in the sky winked, " is an example of what? A) Simile. B) Personification. C) Onomatopoeia. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Personification. 24. I'm so tired I could sleep for 1, 000 years. A) Hyperbole. B) Idiom. C) Simile. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hyperbole. 25. The house was as black as night. A) Simile. B) Idiom. C) Hyperbole. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 26. An extreme exaggeration to make a point A) Simile. B) Alliteration. C) Hyperbole. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hyperbole. 27. The big little shrimp.What is this? A) Hyperbole. B) Idom. C) Oxymoron. D) Personifacation. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Oxymoron. 28. MARIA IS AS BEAUTIFUL AS A DAISY. A) SIMILIE. B) ONOMATOPOEIA. C) METAPHOR. D) PERSONIFICATION. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) SIMILIE. 29. Alliteration is ..... A) An exaggerated statement not meant to be taken literally. B) A comparison using like or as. C) Repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words. D) Words that sound like their meaning. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words. 30. This form of figurative language compares two ideas using the words "like" or "as" A) Metaphor. B) Personification. C) Hyperbole. D) Simile. 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