This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Writing Style > Figurative Language – Quiz 23 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Figurative Language Quiz 23 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. 'She sang of his love forever.' is an example of: A) Personification. B) Hyperbole. C) Simile. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hyperbole. 2. "strategist Odysseus""Pallas Athena" A) Irony. B) Imagery. C) Alter Ego. D) Allusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Alter Ego. 3. The pillow was like a marshmallow, puffy and soft A) Simile. B) Hyperbole. C) Personification. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 4. I'm so hungry I could eat a horse! What is this an example of? A) Hyperbole. B) Idiom. C) Allieration. D) Pun. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hyperbole. 5. My sister is as slow as molasses in the mornings.The sentence is an example of A) Simile. B) Personification. C) Methphor. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 6. The quote from the popular Owl City song, "You would not believe your eyes if ten million fireflies lit up the world as I fell asleep, " is an example of what type of figurative language? A) Idiom. B) Onomatopoeia. C) Metaphor. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hyperbole. 7. The book was a spaceship that transported him to strange new worlds. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Hyperbole. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 8. The rain came down in full cold buckets. A) Personification. B) Onomatopeia. C) Metaphor. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Metaphor. 9. He's a penny pincher. A) Idiom. B) Metaphor. C) Personficiation. D) Simile. E) Onomatopeia. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Idiom. 10. Children's books are often written from what literary POV? A) Firstperson. B) Secondperson. C) Thirdperson. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Secondperson. 11. My sister is as slow as molasses in the mornings. (a) A) A. simile. B) Personification. C) Metaphor. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A. simile. 12. The steak sizzled on the grill. A) Onomatopoeia. B) Personification. C) Simile. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Onomatopoeia. 13. This type of figurative language is an extreme exaggeration. A) Hyperbole. B) Simile. C) Metaphor. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hyperbole. 14. What type of figurative language is used in the sentence below?The wind whispered through the trees A) Simile. B) Personification. C) Metaphor. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Personification. 15. There were echoes of her own childhood in the novel she wrote about a poor family who emigrated to the United States. A) Very sad. B) Very soft. C) Complex trap. D) Reminders. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Reminders. 16. I distinctly remember forgetting that. It's an example of ..... A) Hyperbole. B) Personification. C) Oxymoron. D) Onomatopoeia. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Oxymoron. 17. In the expression "Her words cut deeper than a knife, " what figurative language is being used? A) Personification. B) Simile. C) Hyperbole. D) Alliteration. E) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Metaphor. 18. Which type of figurative language is being used? "Death lies on her like an untimely frost" A) Oxymoron. B) Simile. C) Irony. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Simile. 19. I was so hungry that I even ate the plate A) Personification. B) Hyperbole. C) Simile. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hyperbole. 20. Which one is an example of a personification? A) Daniel ate an ice cream. B) That costs me an arm and a leg!. C) The flower danced in the wind. D) The sun was warm on the child's face. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The flower danced in the wind. 21. Giving human qualities to nonhuman things is which type of figurative language? A) Personification. B) Imagery. C) Assonance. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Personification. 22. My new neighbour is as curious as a cat. What does that mean? A) She acts like a cat. B) She likes to eat fish. C) Nothing escapes her attention. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Nothing escapes her attention. 23. Bobby bought boots for his trip to Bolivia. A) Idiom. B) Personification. C) Alliteration. D) Allusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Alliteration. 24. Giving an object/animal human traits. What figurative language is this describing? A) Simile. B) Idiom. C) Personification. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Personification. 25. A phrase made up of words containing opposite meanings. A) Oxymoron. B) Simile. C) Idiom. D) Pun. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Oxymoron. 26. Which part of the sentence is an extreme exaggeration?The drive took forever when we drove across the state. A) When we drove. B) Across the state. C) Took forever. D) The drive. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Took forever. 27. Words that sound like the objects or actions they refer to are called ..... A) Similes. B) Hyperbole. C) Onomatopoeia. D) Metaphors. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Onomatopoeia. 28. "The students were like ants crowded around the pizza box." This is an example of a simile. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 29. What type of figurative language is being used?"I see Queen Mab hath been with you!" (used to mean that Romeo is delusional) A) Euphemism. B) Pun. C) Metaphor. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Euphemism. 30. Laughter is the best medicine. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Hyperbole. D) Personification. 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