This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Writing Style > Figurative Language – Quiz 4 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Figurative Language Quiz 4 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Choose the sentence that uses alliteration. A) The sun was shining brightly. B) The dog barked loudly. C) The cat sat on the mat. D) She sells sea shells by the sea shore. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) She sells sea shells by the sea shore. 2. This sentence is an example of what: "The palm trees were dancing in the wind." A) Metaphor. B) Personification. C) Hyperbole. D) Idiom. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Personification. 3. A type of poetry that has no real rhyme or pattern A) Meter. B) Free Verse. C) Limerick. D) Rhyme Pattern. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Free Verse. 4. GEORGE IS JUST A BIG BABY. A) METAPHOR. B) SIMILIE. C) PERSONOFICATION. D) ONOMATOPOEIA. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) METAPHOR. 5. "The pen jumped off the desk" is an example of A) Metaphor. B) Alliteration. C) Hyperbole. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Personification. 6. The fire crackled as it burned. A) Alliteration. B) Personification. C) Metaphor. D) Hyperbole. E) Onomatopeia. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Onomatopeia. 7. "I am so hungry I could eat a horse" is an example of A) Hyperbole. B) Alliteration. C) Personification. D) Idiom. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hyperbole. 8. The dove carried an olive branch over the last battle field. What type of figurative language is used in this sentence? A) Allusion. B) Oxymoron. C) Metaphor. D) Symbolism. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Symbolism. 9. When writing effective DIALOGUE, punctuation must be included OUTSIDE quotation marks. (TRUE or FALSE?) A) TRUE. B) FALSE. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) FALSE. 10. I'm so tired I could sleep a year. A) Personification. B) Hyperbole. C) Metaphor. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hyperbole. 11. Words that resemble the sound they describe is ..... A) Alliteration. B) Hyperbole. C) Onomatopoeia. D) Personification. E) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Onomatopoeia. 12. Katie heard the loud band of the car hitting the tree in front of the house. A) Allusion. B) Idiom. C) Hyperbole. D) Onomatopoeia. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Onomatopoeia. 13. "I am so tired that I could sleep forever" A) Simile. B) Hyperbole. C) Metaphor. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hyperbole. 14. Comparing using "like" or "as" A) Hyperbole. B) Simile. C) Metaphor. D) Idiom. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Simile. 15. What figurative language uses phrases that are non-literal, and have a deeper meaning than it is shown? A) Idiom. B) Hyperbole. C) Alliteration. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Idiom. 16. "The tropical storm slept for days" is an example of ..... A) Personification. B) Simile. C) Alliteration. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Personification. 17. They waved the white flag and the battle was over A) Symbol. B) Onomatopoeia. C) Metaphor. D) Simile. E) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Symbol. 18. Identify which figurative language technique is being used in the following sentence:WE HEARD THE BOOMING THUNDER THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE SKY. A) Metaphor. B) Personification. C) Simile. D) Onomatopoeia. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Onomatopoeia. 19. The car danced across the icy road. This is an example of ..... A) Hyperbole. B) Personification. C) Alliteration. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Personification. 20. Language that appeals to one of the five senses is ..... "The aroma of hot, apple pie floated across the room, " and "Thunder rolled outside my window, " are examples of imagery. A) Onomatopoeia. B) Hyperbole. C) Imagery. D) Idiom. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Imagery. 21. When the beginning sound of words are repeated close together A) Alliteration. B) Idiom. C) Simile. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Alliteration. 22. An exaggeration that cannot possible be true, used to emphasize something A) Idiom. B) Hyperbole. C) Alliteration. D) Allusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hyperbole. 23. This just refers to a saying that is common that means something different from what it literally says, like (I'm pulling your leg). These can be super difficult for people learning English! A) Idiom. B) Imagery. C) Allusion. D) Repetition. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Idiom. 24. He is as busy as a bee. A) Simile. B) Hyperbole. C) Personification. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 25. "My computer was a dinosaur" is an example of a metaphor. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 26. What type of figurative language is used in the sentence below?Her laughter is music to my ears A) Metaphor. B) Simile. C) Personification. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Metaphor. 27. Suggestions or warning about events to come that are dropped or planted for the reader. A) Idiom. B) Foreshadowing. C) Imagery. D) Figurative Language. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Foreshadowing. 28. Time crawled as Tom sat in detention. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Personification. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Personification. 29. Her anger melted away when she saw how sorry the little boy was. A) Complex trap. B) Very sorry. C) Disappeared. D) Very proud. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Disappeared. 30. It happened once in a blue moon is an example of a(n) ..... A) Idiom. B) Hyperbole. C) Personification. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Idiom. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesGrammar QuizzesEnglish Grammar QuizzesFigurative Language Quiz 1Figurative Language Quiz 2Figurative Language Quiz 3Figurative Language Quiz 5Figurative Language Quiz 6Figurative Language Quiz 7Figurative Language Quiz 8Figurative Language Quiz 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books