This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Writing Style > Figurative Language – Quiz 19 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Figurative Language Quiz 19 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Her head was spinning from all of the new information. A) Hyperbole. B) Personifcation. C) Simile. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hyperbole. 2. Ben brought barrels of bait to Big Lake for bass fishing. What type of figurative language is in this sentence? A) Metaphor. B) Hyperbole. C) Alliteration. D) Idiom. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Alliteration. 3. An exaggerated statement is a ..... A) Alliteration. B) Onomatopeia. C) Simile. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hyperbole. 4. James is a walking dictionary. A) Metaphor. B) Onomatopoeia. C) Simile. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Metaphor. 5. "She's really in a pickle" is an example of which type of figurative language? A) Simile. B) Imagery. C) Idiom. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Idiom. 6. "He was a total Star Wars nerd" A) Allusion. B) Metaphor. C) Idiom. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Allusion. 7. It's as hot as the Bahamas in my bedroom. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Idiom. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 8. Her blonde hair shined like the sun. A) Alliteration. B) Metaphor. C) Simile. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Simile. 9. "You are what you eat" is an example of a A) Simile. B) Idiom. C) Metaphor. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Metaphor. 10. A comparison using like or as is a/an ..... A) Simile. B) Hyperbole. C) Metaphor. D) Idiom. E) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 11. Which of the following is a hyper bole? A) *You are so slender that the wind can carry you away. B) *The warrior has a heart of stone. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) *You are so slender that the wind can carry you away. 12. My mom told me that two wrongs don't make a right when I was fussing with my little sister. A) Personification. B) Proverb or adage. C) Idiom. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Proverb or adage. 13. Choose the correct idiom from the options below:a) It's raining cats and dogs.b) The sun is shining brightly.c) The wind howled through the night.d) The river flowed gently downstream. A) B. B) D. C) A. D) C. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A. 14. "The fire work exploded making a big BOOM in the air" is an example of ..... A) Onomatopoeia. B) Hyperbole. C) Simile. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Onomatopoeia. 15. Crash, bang, buzz, swish, and splash are all examples of what type of figurative language? A) Alliteration. B) Onomatopoeia. C) Oxymoron. D) Assonance. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Onomatopoeia. 16. The band played to a small crowd at the concert. A) Simile. B) Personification. C) Oxymoron. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Oxymoron. 17. The man had a heart of gold.What is this an example of? A) Idiom. B) Allusion. C) Onomatopoeia. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Metaphor. 18. Words whose meaning sound like their pronunciation A) Onomatopeia. B) Alliteration. C) Idiom. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Onomatopeia. 19. Joanne is a pearl of the ocean A) Personification. B) Metaphor. C) Simile. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 20. What type of figurative language is this?I girl had lips like rubies. A) Metaphor. B) Simile. C) Personification. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Simile. 21. Every morning my alarm clock yelled at me to get out of bed. A) Personification. B) Metaphor. C) Proverb or adage. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Personification. 22. Is this figurative language or literal meaning:The computer is in the office. A) Literal. B) Figurative language. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Literal. 23. My mom told me to zip my lips. A) Alliteration. B) Simile. C) Idiom. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Idiom. 24. Tell whether the example is a simile or metaphor.The teacher is wise as an owl. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 25. The little duck is like a boat of yellow when it is afloat. A) HYPERBOLE. B) PERSONIFICATION. C) SIMILE. D) ONOMATOPOEIA. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) SIMILE. 26. Choose the correct type of figurative language found in the following sentence:Jasmine heard the trees whispering in the forest. A) Hyperbole. B) Metaphor. C) Alliteration. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Personification. 27. Read this line from a poem:"like a tiger waking up from her deep sleep." It's an example of ..... A) Metaphor. B) Hyperbole. C) Personfication. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Simile. 28. A figure of speech in which human characteristics are attributed to animals, plants, objects and ideas. Example:The moon followed me through the night. A) Poetry. B) Simile. C) Personification. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Personification. 29. Identify the type of figurative language being used:"Her smile is the Sun" . A) Hyperbole. B) Simile. C) Metaphor. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Metaphor. 30. The pink and purple popsicles were popping. A) Alliteration. B) Simile. C) Metaphor. D) Oxymoron. 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