This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Writing Style > Figurative Language – Quiz 25 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Figurative Language Quiz 25 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The 6th grade classroom was a circus.What is this an example of? A) Allusion. B) Idiom. C) Simile. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Metaphor. 2. The icicles dripped through my mittens covered hands. A) Onomatopoeia. B) Metaphor. C) Idiom. D) Allusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Onomatopoeia. 3. The sun is a flower, that blooms for just one hour. A) Personification. B) Metaphor. C) Simile. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 4. What type of figurative language?"The high yellow moon won't come out to play" A) Metaphor. B) Simile. C) Personification. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Personification. 5. "The trees were dancing in the wind" means ..... A) There are animals moving in the trees. B) The trees are dancing. C) The trees are not moving. D) The wind is blowing hard. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The wind is blowing hard. 6. Two contrasting words side by side A) Oxymoron. B) Allusion. C) Alliteration. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Oxymoron. 7. What does the sentence below actually mean?Lightning danced across the sky. A) There was a lot of lightning in the sky during a storm. B) The lightning was bad at dancing. C) The lightning was at a dance party. D) There was no lightning in the sky. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) There was a lot of lightning in the sky during a storm. 8. "I've seen this movie a thousand times" is an example of ..... A) Personification. B) Hyperbole. C) Alliteration. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hyperbole. 9. My third grade class is full of shining stars! A) Metaphor. B) Personification. C) Idiom. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Metaphor. 10. The gust of wind was a frosty snow cone to my lips. A) Alliteration. B) Metaphor. C) Simile. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 11. "The stars will cry." A) Metaphor. B) Personification. C) Alliteration. D) Onomatopoeia. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Personification. 12. What technique in appreciating the literary work identifies the experience of the writer which the readers can relate? A) Specific experience. B) Figures of speech. C) Imagery. D) Choice of words. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Specific experience. 13. I am so hungry I could eat everything in the refrigerator A) Hyperbole. B) Metaphor. C) Simile. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hyperbole. 14. "Rita heard the last piece of pie calling her name" is an example of which type of figurative language? A) Simile. B) Onomatopoeia. C) Alliteration. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Personification. 15. In the phrase "His smile is as bright as the sun, " what type of figurative language is used? A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Alliteration. D) Hyperbole. E) Idiom. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 16. A good friend is like a warm, cozy blanket on a cold winter day.What is this an example of? A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Allusion. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 17. Read the sentence. Which type of figurative language is it?Paul was a shining star at the basketball game. A) Metaphor. B) Hyperbole. C) Simile. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Metaphor. 18. What does the idiom 'hit the books' mean? A) To literally hit books. B) To start studying. C) To write a book. D) To read a novel. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To start studying. 19. Why compare a linebacker to a wall? A) The linebacker is made of concrete. B) The linebacker is made of drywall. C) The linebacker is solidly built. D) The linebacker is hard to see over. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The linebacker is solidly built. 20. "She soothed her secret sorrow" is an example of what figurative language? A) Alliteration. B) Personification. C) Hyperbole. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Alliteration. 21. The statement, "I am so hungry, I could eat a horse" is a hyperbole. True or False? A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 22. What is the meaning of the sentence:The trees danced. A) The trees were falling down. B) The trees were really loud. C) The trees were swaying back and forth. D) The trees were doing the griddy. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The trees were swaying back and forth. 23. "My teeth chattered as the temperature dropped." What senses being used in this sentence? A) Hear. B) Hear and touch. C) See and smell. D) Taste. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hear and touch. 24. Tell whether the example is a simile or metaphor.She is a shining star on stage. A) Metaphor. B) Simile. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Metaphor. 25. I will believe you can slam dunk a basketball when pigs fly.What is this an example of? A) Allusion. B) Idiom. C) Metaphor. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Idiom. 26. Abdi ran the mile as quick as lightning. What type of figurative language is used in this sentence? A) Hyperbole. B) Simile. C) Onomatopoeia. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Simile. 27. You are asking for trouble; you're opening Pandora's box. What type of figurative language is in this sentence? A) Hyperbole. B) Metaphor. C) Alliteration. D) Allusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Allusion. 28. Hyperbole is ..... A) An expression that cannot be understood from the meanings of its separate words but must be learned as a whole. B) The repetition of usually initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words or syllables. C) Exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally. D) A brief and indirect reference to a person, place, thing, or idea of historical, cultural, literary, or political significance. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally. 29. Identify the figurative language technique found in the following sentence. THE TIMID TURTLE TOOTLED TO THE TRAIN TRACKS. A) Metaphor. B) Pun. C) Alliteration. D) Onomatopoeia. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Alliteration. 30. Everyone in the world knows that! A) Personification. B) Hyperbole. C) Metaphor. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hyperbole. 31. An author describes something in a way that makes it seem far less important than it is, usually for irony. A) Understatement. B) Simile. C) Metaphor. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Understatement. 32. A/an ..... is an expression that is not meant to be taken literally. A) Personification. B) Idiom. C) Metaphor. D) Simile. E) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Idiom. 33. Antonio ordered jumbo shrimp for dinner. What type of figurative language is used in this sentence? A) Oxymoron. B) Simile. C) Hyperbole. D) Idiom. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Oxymoron. 34. 4) " ..... they's a lost ball in de high grass" A) Idiom. B) Simile. C) Metaphor. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Metaphor. 35. This type of figurative language represents a sound. A) Metaphor. B) Idiom. C) Onomatopoeia. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Onomatopoeia. 36. A "Hot potato" is a kenning referring to ..... A) A very young child. B) Something no one wants. C) Dog. D) An environmentalist. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Something no one wants. 37. What gives a brief and indirect reference to a person, place, thing or idea of historical, cultural, literary or political significance A) Pun. B) Irony. C) Allusion. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Allusion. 38. The pots and pans fell with a bang. A) Alliteration. B) Simile. C) Hyperbole. D) Alliteration. E) Onomatopeia. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Onomatopeia. 39. What is the function of figurative language? A) To refer to something without directly stating it. B) To explain something by directly stating it. C) To make a conclusion. D) To describe something. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To refer to something without directly stating it. 40. The ice in the arena was as smooth as glass. A) Hyperbole. B) Metaphor. C) Oxymoron. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Simile. 41. Read this sentence. Which type of figurative language is it?The ground at the base of the hill was cruel and menacing. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Hyperbole. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Personification. 42. Amy is sweet as pie. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Alliteration. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 43. "Your room is a pigsty!" is an example of what type of figurative language? A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Alliteration. D) Allusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 44. I was scared when i heard the tic-toc of the clock on midnight. A) Assonance. B) Alliteration. C) Hyperbole. D) Onomatopoeia. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Onomatopoeia. 45. The crazy car is colorful.This is an example of what type of figurative language? A) Simile. B) Alliteration. C) Personification. D) Repetition. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Alliteration. 46. Ms. Zappia is as evil as a hungry goblin under a bridge. A) Hyperbole. B) Metaphor. C) Onomatopoeia. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Simile. 47. You are the sunshine in my life. A) Personification. B) Simile. C) Hyperbole. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Metaphor. 48. What type of figurative language is used in the phrase "The classroom was a zoo" ? A) Simile. B) Personification. C) Hyperbole. D) Onomatopoeia. E) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Metaphor. 49. Choose the best word to complete the simile below. The boy's voice was as loud as ..... A) A mouse. B) Coal. C) Thunder. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Thunder. 50. There was a bowling wind all night. A) Complex trap. B) Very noisy. C) Very soft. D) Reminders. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Very noisy. 51. A phrase that means something different than the literal meaning of the words A) Metaphor. B) Hyperbole. C) Idiom. D) Allusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Idiom. 52. "The shadows danced in the moonlight."This sentence uses ..... A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Hyperbole. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Personification. 53. What is the repetition (repeating) of consonant sounds? A) Idiom. B) Onomatopoeia. C) Alliteration. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Alliteration. 54. He was always a grouch. You could tell he had a real chip on his shoulder. A) Idiom. B) Hyperbole. C) Metaphor. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Idiom. 55. "Dudleys favorite punching bag was Harry, though he couldn't often catch him" -Harry Potter A) Idiom. B) Simile. C) Pun. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Metaphor. 56. The tallest boy danced with the shortest girl. A) Onomatopoeia. B) Contrast. C) Metaphor. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Contrast. 57. Help me! Help me! Help me! A) Alliteration. B) Repetition. C) Contrast. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Repetition. 58. When something that is not human takes on human qualities A) Metaphor. B) Simile. C) Personification. D) Alliteration. E) Onomatopoeia. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Personification. 59. The trees dressed up in red and gold to celebrate the start of autumn. A) HYPERBOLE. B) PERSONIFICATION. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) PERSONIFICATION. 60. The feather danced across the room what.what is this? A) Metaphor. B) Hyperbole. C) Similie. 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