This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Writing Style > Figurative Language – Quiz 26 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Figurative Language Quiz 26 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What type of figurative language is used in the sentence below?Your smile is like a ray of sunshine A) Metaphor. B) Personification. C) Simile. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Simile. 2. What kind of figurative language is being used?7th grade is a breeze for some people. For others, it's a giant hurricane. A) Personification. B) Metaphor. C) Onomatopoeia. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 3. It was raining cats and dogs. Is an example of ..... A) A metaphor. B) An idiom. C) A simile. D) A hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) An idiom. 4. Which song lyrics contain onomatopoeia? A) Baby you're a firework. B) Hello darkness my old friend. C) Boom! Clap! The sound of my heart. D) Can you sing with all the voices of the mountain?. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Boom! Clap! The sound of my heart. 5. Choose the type of figurative language used in the following sentence:The cold stabbed me like a knife. (a) A) Metaphor. B) Oxymoron. C) A. personification. D) Onomatopoeia. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A. personification. 6. The author's message about the nature of the human condition. A) Symbol. B) Juxtaposition. C) Mood. D) Theme. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Theme. 7. What is the following an example of:An apple a day keeps the doctor away! A) Pun. B) Proverb. C) Simile. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Proverb. 8. I have stood still and stopped the sound of feet. A) Alliteration. B) Idiom. C) Onomatopoeia. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Alliteration. 9. A train is a dragon that roars through the dark. A) Personificati. B) Metaphor. C) Simile. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 10. Samantha saw seven silly soldiers selling strawberries Saturday. A) Personification. B) Alliteration. C) Metaphor. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Alliteration. 11. Read the sentence. Which type of figurative language is it?The sun will be a billion years away in a few minutes. A) Hyperbole. B) Personification. C) Metaphor. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hyperbole. 12. Cathy is as cute as a kitten. A) Hyperbole. B) Simile. C) Metaphor. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Simile. 13. Ana is as slow as molasses in the mornings.What type of figurative language is this sentence? A) Personification. B) Idiom. C) Simile. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Simile. 14. Thunder grumbled and raindrops reported for duty. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Hyperbole. D) Alliteration. E) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Personification. 15. Harry is as blind as a bat without his glasses. A) Simile. B) Onomatopoeia. C) Personification. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 16. Leslie is still in the dark about her surprise Halloween birthday party. The idiom in this sentence means that Leslie A) (B) doesn't know about her surprise party,. B) (D) has planned her own surprise party. C) C) is pretending she doesn't know about her party. D) (A) suspects that she will have a surprise party. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) (B) doesn't know about her surprise party,. 17. Mrs. Souza cannot live without her morning cup of coffee. A) Onomatopoeia. B) Simile. C) Metaphor. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hyperbole. 18. Language that appeals to the five senses and creates a picture for the reader. A) Foreshadowing. B) Imagery. C) Idiom. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Imagery. 19. Which of these is a hyperbole? A) They lived in a small cabin in the woods. B) The boy was taller than the Eiffel tower. C) Jackson was eating a bite-sized candy bar. D) The moon is overwhelmingly beautiful tonight. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The boy was taller than the Eiffel tower. 20. The cup danced joyfully across the table. A) Metaphor. B) Personification. C) Oxymoron. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Personification. 21. I am so thirsty I could drink a lake! A) Personification. B) Metaphor. C) Hyperbole. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hyperbole. 22. Identify the figurative language technique below that means COMPARING 2 OBJECTS USING "LIKE" OR "AS" A) Alliteration. B) Simile. C) Metaphor. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Simile. 23. Noah's smartphone is a window into the world. A) Personification. B) Metaphor. C) Onomatopoeia. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 24. Having the same sound at the end of two or more words A) Couplet. B) Rhyme Pattern. C) Alliteration. D) Verse. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Rhyme Pattern. 25. She was feeling under the weather. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Personification. D) Idiom. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Idiom. 26. Giving human characteristics to nonhuman things. A) Alliteration. B) Hyperbole. C) Allusion. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Personification. 27. Compares two unlike things DIRECTLY A) Metaphor. B) Simile. C) Idiom. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Metaphor. 28. Two contradictory terms put together A) Simile. B) Irony. C) Contrast. D) Oxymoron. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Oxymoron. 29. The first rays of morning tiptoed through the meadow. What type of figurative language is this? A) Metaphor. B) Allusion. C) Idiom. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Personification. 30. Identify the definition below that matches IDIOM. A) A word that sounds like its meaning. B) A play on words. C) Two or more words beginning with the same consonant sound in a sentence or line of poetry. D) A peculiar phrase that cannot be taken literally. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A peculiar phrase that cannot be taken literally. 31. Exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally is? A) Hyperbole. B) Personification. C) Metaphor. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hyperbole. 32. The cow yelled at the fly after it bit him A) Personification. B) Symbol. C) Metaphor. D) Hyperbole. E) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Personification. 33. Words that resemble the sound they describe A) Onomatopoeia. B) Hyperbole. C) Personification. D) Idiom. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Onomatopoeia. 34. What kind of figurative language is being used?Our feet squished in the mud. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Onomatopoeia. D) Allusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Onomatopoeia. 35. Victoria's pencil ran across her page as she wrote down all her ideas. A) Idiom. B) Simile. C) Metaphor. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Personification. 36. She clattered and clanged as she washed the dishes. A) Alliteration. B) Hyperbole. C) Idiom. D) Onomatopoeia. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Onomatopoeia. 37. The burning wood hissed and crackled. A) Onomatopoeia. B) Simile. C) Metaphor. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Onomatopoeia. 38. What type of figurative language is being used in the quote?"I have a million things to do for homework!" A) Idiom. B) Alliteration. C) Onomatopoeia. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hyperbole. 39. What type of figurative language is being used in the quote?"The flowers danced in the wind." A) Idiom. B) Personification. C) Simile. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Personification. 40. An endless quiet valley spreads outPast the blue hills into the evening sky; A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Hyperbole. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Personification. 41. That test was a piece of cake!This is an example of ..... A) Personification. B) A simile. C) A hyperbole. D) An idiom. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) An idiom. 42. He has a heart of stone A) Alliteration. B) Onomatopoeia. C) Hyperbole. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Metaphor. 43. "The water well is as dry as a bone" is an example of what type of figurative language? A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Alliteration. D) Idiom. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 44. Naomi's closet is a junkyard. A) Simile. B) Personifcation. C) Idiom. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Metaphor. 45. A hyperbole is an: A) Exaggeration. B) Alliteration. C) Assonance. D) Juxtaposition. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Exaggeration. 46. It was so hot at Green Lake that the air was sweating. A) Hyperbole. B) Personification. C) Metaphor. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Personification. 47. Hyperbole is an exaggeration that is created to emphasize a point or bring out a sense of humor. It is often used in everyday conversations. An example of hyperbole is, "I would die for you." A) It means to show your affection and die for somebody. B) It means to show affection you have for someone. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It means to show affection you have for someone. 48. My brother is a pig. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Hyperbole. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 49. The pride and patriotism of the Twins baseball fans gleamed from their faces as the American Flag was carried onto the field. What type of figurative language is this? A) Symbolism. B) Simile. C) Allusion. D) Idiom. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Symbolism. 50. Define "Figurative Language" A) The use of words that look the same, but have different meaning. B) Writing paragraphs to form a particular shape or pattern. C) Drawing what you mean. D) Phrasing that goes beyond the literal meaning of words to get a message or point across. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Phrasing that goes beyond the literal meaning of words to get a message or point across. 51. The rain danced on the roof. A) Onomatopoeia. B) Personification. C) Simile. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Personification. 52. I am on cloud nine! A) Simile. B) Idiom. C) Metaphor. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Idiom. 53. An old familiar saying that expresses wisdom A) Metaphor. B) Hyperbole. C) Proverb/adage. D) Idiom. E) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Proverb/adage. 54. Identify the type of figurative language being used:"The leaves danced in the wind" . A) Simile. B) Personification. C) Hyperbole. D) Onomatopoeia. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Personification. 55. My beliefs about life after death are not rooted in any particular philosophy. A) Complex trap. B) Based on. C) Disappeared. D) Very soft. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Based on. 56. You are the light of my life. What type of figurative language is this? A) Metaphor. B) Oxymoron. C) Allusion. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Metaphor. 57. The stars are dancing A) Metaphor. B) Simile. C) Idiom. D) Noun. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Metaphor. 58. Identify the following sentence that contains an IDIOM. A) My sister is the cookie monster, and she eats cookies all day long. B) I have had the same bike for ten years. It finally kicked the bucket, and I had to get a new one. C) My teacher is as mean as an Army sergeant. D) My English teacher is the most beautiful teacher that has ever lived. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) I have had the same bike for ten years. It finally kicked the bucket, and I had to get a new one. 59. What type of figurative language is an extreme exaggeration? A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Personification. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hyperbole. 60. David's room is a pig pen A) Idiom. B) Verb. C) Simile. D) Metaphor. 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