This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Writing Style > Figurative Language – Quiz 8 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Figurative Language Quiz 8 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. "Silver bells! ..... How they tinkle, tinkle, tinkle in the icy air of night." This sentence includes what figurative language device? A) Simile. B) Onomatopoeia. C) Hyperbole. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Onomatopoeia. 2. The lightweight fighter lost so much weight, he looked as thin as a rail. A) Simile. B) Idiom. C) Metaphor. D) Oxymoron. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 3. The kite drank the wind and laughed across the sky. A) Metaphor. B) Personification. C) Hyperbole. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Personification. 4. Random order ..... Act naturally ..... Deafening silence ..... A) Idiom. B) Oxymoron. C) Hyperbole. D) Allusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Oxymoron. 5. It is raining cats and dogs. A) Metaphor. B) Hyperbole. C) Personification. D) Idiom. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Idiom. 6. I can smell my mother's cooking from a mile away. A) HYPERBOLE. B) ONOMATOPOEIA. C) SIMILE. D) PERSONIFICATION. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) HYPERBOLE. 7. Which sentence contains an example of a PERSONIFICATION? A) Your love is like a favorite blanket that keeps me safe and warm. B) My heart is singing a love song for you. C) I'm yours until the end of time. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) My heart is singing a love song for you. 8. Each letter of a word written vertically is given a word or phrase to describe a topic A) Acrostic. B) Haiku. C) Concrete. D) Cinquain. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Acrostic. 9. Repetition of beginning sounds in words A) Simile. B) Onomatopeia. C) Idiom. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Alliteration. 10. It was July, and the suntoasted the emerald grassuntil it smelled of warmthand green and life. It was July, and my heartsoaked up the air warmthuntil it sang of joyand love and life.How many stanzas are there in the poem above? A) 4. B) 1. C) 8. D) 2. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 2. 11. What kind of figurative language is being used?She sells sea shells by the sea shore. A) Metaphor. B) Alliteration. C) Simile. D) Idiom. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Alliteration. 12. My alarm clock screams at me every morning at 6:00 A.M. A) Personification. B) Metaphor. C) Onomatopoeia. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Personification. 13. What type of figurative language being used in the following sentence?The students are as busy as bees as they worked to finish their final project for the school year. A) Simile. B) Personification. C) Metaphor. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 14. He did stack the piles of shingles, but almost cried when a nail bit his thumb. What figurative language does this sentence from Born Worker contain? A) Allusion. B) Personification. C) Metaphor. D) Onomatopoeia. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Personification. 15. Choose the correct type of figurative language found in the following sentence:Katie collaborated with the concerned citizens of the city. A) Hyperbole. B) Metaphor. C) Alliteration. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Alliteration. 16. Ben really wants that new phone, but it will cost him an arm and a leg! A) Personification. B) Metaphor. C) Simile. D) Idiom. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Idiom. 17. "Opportunity extended its hands to me." is an example of what? A) Onomatopoeia. B) Metaphor. C) Personification. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Personification. 18. The phrase "heaven's Jewel" is a kenning referring to ..... A) The sun. B) Your eyes. C) Beowulf. D) The moon. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The sun. 19. The teapot sang as the water boiled. What type of figurative language is in this sentence? A) Idiom. B) Onomatopoeia. C) Hyperbole. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Personification. 20. Snap, crackle, and pop are examples of this. A) Personification. B) Onomatopeoia. C) Simlie. D) Hyberbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Onomatopeoia. 21. The wind ..... through the trees. (personification) A) Winded. B) Winked. C) Whispered. D) Willowed. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Whispered. 22. Explain the meaning of the metaphor below.The car seat is a fluffy cloud. A) The car seat feels hard. B) The car seat is very comfortable to sit in. C) The car seat is on a cloud. D) The car seat is for a baby. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The car seat is very comfortable to sit in. 23. Shaq is so tall that his head could almost reach the ceiling. A) Literal. B) Figurative. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Figurative. 24. It's raining cats and dogs outside! A) Allusion. B) Alliteration. C) Idiom. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Idiom. 25. What type of figurative language uses words that imitates sounds? A) Alliteration. B) Onomatopoeia. C) Simile. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Onomatopoeia. 26. Jamie is the wind when he runs. A) Metaphor. B) Simile. C) Alliteration. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Metaphor. 27. Everyone could tell as soon as I walked into class. I was feeling blue. A) Idiom. B) Hyperbole. C) Metaphor. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Idiom. 28. The pencil danced across the paper A) Personification. B) Symbol. C) Hyperbole. D) Metaphor. E) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Personification. 29. The way a poem looks is called A) Lines. B) Stanzas. C) Free verse. D) Form. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Form. 30. The sound of a drum in the distance attracted him. A) Imagery. B) Simile. C) Hyperbole. D) Personification. 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