This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Writing Style > Figurative Language – Quiz 3 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Figurative Language Quiz 3 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What type of figurative language is shown?I have told you a million times not to do that! A) Personification. B) Alliteration. C) Hyperbole. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hyperbole. 2. An idiom is a group of words which mean something different from its actual meaning. Example:That is just a drop in the bucket. A) Idiom. B) Alliteration. C) Hyperbole. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Idiom. 3. The water was so cold that I almost froze to death! A) Personification. B) Metaphor. C) Hyperbole. D) Onomatopoeia. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hyperbole. 4. Explain the meaning of the personification below.The trees danced in the wind. A) The trees were falling down. B) The trees were swaying back and forth. C) The wind was really loud. D) The trees were doing the griddy. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The trees were swaying back and forth. 5. The book cried when nobody checked it out from the library. A) Metaphor. B) Personification. C) Hyperbole. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Personification. 6. Juana's dark eyes swam like fish behind her tinted glasses. What is being compared in this simile? A) Eyes-glasses. B) Eyes-fish. C) Fish-glasses. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Eyes-fish. 7. Silly Sally swam so smoothly' is an example of: A) Onomatopoeia. B) Metaphor. C) Alliteration. D) Idiom. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Alliteration. 8. "Hold your horses!" said Mom as I reached for a cupcake. "I still need to add the frosting!" What is the meaning of this idiom? A) Stop or wait. B) Saying you're sorry. C) Eat some more. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Stop or wait. 9. Sally sells sea shells by the sea shore A) Idiom. B) Metaphor. C) Personification. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Alliteration. 10. I'm so tired, I wish I could sleep forever. A) Onomatopoeia. B) Hyperbole. C) Simile. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hyperbole. 11. Destiny doubted Darcie dared go to the haunted house with her. A) Simile. B) Onomatopoeia. C) Alliteration. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Alliteration. 12. The following is an example of which literary device?She awoke to the chirping of birds and the soft whisper of a breeze as it passed through the tree outside her window. A) Onomatopoeia. B) Imagery. C) Simile. D) Rhyme Scheme. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Imagery. 13. My boyfriend is the greatest most spectacular being in the history of the whole entire world. A) PERSONIFICATION. B) ONOMATOPOEIA. C) HYPERBOLE. D) SIMILE. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) HYPERBOLE. 14. Calyssa crunched cookies into crumbs. A) Hyperbole. B) Alliteration. C) Simile. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Alliteration. 15. Identify the correct definition for a METAPHOR A) A play on words. B) Comparing 2 objects using "like" or "as". C) Comparing 2 objects using a form of "IS". D) Giving human-like qualities to non-human objects. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Comparing 2 objects using a form of "IS". 16. What type of figurative language is shown?The city was a jungle. A) Alliteration. B) Simile. C) Metaphor. D) Idiom. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Metaphor. 17. "Romeo save me, they're trying to tell me how to feel" A) Alliteration. B) Allusion. C) Onomatopoeia. D) Idiom. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Allusion. 18. A reference to a story or symbol in the Bible A) Biblical Allusion. B) Parallel Structure. C) Onomatopoeia. D) Irony. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Biblical Allusion. 19. Teddy tiger tried tying teepees together A) Simile. B) Alliteration. C) Personification. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Alliteration. 20. My mom told me a million times to clean my room. A) Personification. B) Metaphor. C) Simile. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hyperbole. 21. He ran faster than the wind. A) Alliteration. B) Simile. C) Hyperbole. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hyperbole. 22. An extreme exaggeration A) Metaphor. B) Hyperbole. C) Idiom. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hyperbole. 23. Read the sentence. Which type of figurative language is it?The weather could be either a friend or foe. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 24. The tea kittle sang to me as the water boiled. A) Happy Thanksgiving. B) You should get this right because the rest are nonsense. C) This is a freebie. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Personification. 25. What type of figurative language is being used? Let us donate to help underprivileged youth. A) Metaphor. B) Simile. C) Personification. D) Euphemism. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Euphemism. 26. Pyro's eyes were as green as a spring meadow. A) Smile. B) Idiom. C) Smilie. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Smilie. 27. I wouldn't worry wacky worries unless you really worry about it. A) Alliteration. B) Repetition. C) Idiom. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Alliteration. 28. Identify the correct definition of PERSONIFICATION. A) To give human-like qualities to non-human objects. B) Using exaggeration to prove a point. C) A peculiar phrase that cannot be taken literally. D) Comparing 2 objects using "like" or "as". Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To give human-like qualities to non-human objects. 29. MetaphorA figure of speech used to make a comparison between two things WITHOUT using "like" or "as." A metaphor makes the comparison by saying one this IS another thing.Example:He is a rock. A) Okay, I get it. B) I don't get it. I will reread the slide. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Okay, I get it. 30. The city was a jungle. A) Alliteration. B) Simile. C) Metaphor. D) Onomatopoeia. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Metaphor. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesGrammar QuizzesEnglish Grammar QuizzesFigurative Language Quiz 1Figurative Language Quiz 2Figurative Language Quiz 4Figurative Language Quiz 5Figurative Language Quiz 6Figurative Language Quiz 7Figurative Language Quiz 8Figurative Language Quiz 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books