This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Writing Style > Figurative Language – Quiz 19 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Figurative Language Quiz 19 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which type of figurative language is used in this sentence?"I have a million papers to grade!" exclaimed the English teacher. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Personification. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hyperbole. 2. Occurs when one thing stands for or represents something else. A) Allusion. B) Symbolism. C) Mood. D) Imagery. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Symbolism. 3. Define:Irony A) When a words pronunciation imitates its sound. B) When the outcome of a situation is the exact opposite of what was expected. C) Giving human traits or characteristics to an object or idea. D) Writing that uses the five senses to create "pictures". E) I do not know. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) When the outcome of a situation is the exact opposite of what was expected. 4. Which of the following is alliteration. A) Peter is a good boy. B) Sally loves to go to the beach. C) Poppy platypuses pick prickly pineapples. D) He sells apples at the farmer's market. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Poppy platypuses pick prickly pineapples. 5. I like a smuggler. He is the only honest thief. A) Alliteration. B) Hyperbole. C) Metaphor. D) Oxymoron. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Oxymoron. 6. A group of lines in a poem, separated by space is ..... A) Verse. B) Stanza. C) Symbolism. D) Theme. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Stanza. 7. The road was as flat as a pancake.What figurative language is being used in the sentence? A) Metaphor. B) Simile. C) Personification. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Simile. 8. "Bake a big cake with butter and bring it to the birthday bash" A) Simile. B) Alliteration. C) Metaphor. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Alliteration. 9. Her head was spinning from all of the new information. A) Hyperbole. B) Metaphor. C) Simile. D) Personifcation. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hyperbole. 10. Ben brought barrels of bait to Big Lake for bass fishing. What type of figurative language is in this sentence? A) Metaphor. B) Hyperbole. C) Alliteration. D) Idiom. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Alliteration. 11. An exaggerated statement is a ..... A) Alliteration. B) Onomatopeia. C) Simile. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hyperbole. 12. James is a walking dictionary. A) Metaphor. B) Onomatopoeia. C) Simile. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Metaphor. 13. "She's really in a pickle" is an example of which type of figurative language? A) Imagery. B) Idiom. C) Metaphor. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Idiom. 14. "He was a total Star Wars nerd" A) Allusion. B) Metaphor. C) Idiom. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Allusion. 15. It's as hot as the Bahamas in my bedroom. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Idiom. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 16. Her blonde hair shined like the sun. A) Alliteration. B) Metaphor. C) Simile. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Simile. 17. "You are what you eat" is an example of a A) Personification. B) Simile. C) Idiom. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Metaphor. 18. A comparison using like or as is a/an ..... A) Metaphor. B) Simile. C) Hyperbole. D) Personification. E) Idiom. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Simile. 19. Which of the following is a hyper bole? A) *You are so slender that the wind can carry you away. B) *The warrior has a heart of stone. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) *You are so slender that the wind can carry you away. 20. My mom told me that two wrongs don't make a right when I was fussing with my little sister. A) Idiom. B) Proverb or adage. C) Personification. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Proverb or adage. 21. Choose the correct idiom from the options below:a) It's raining cats and dogs.b) The sun is shining brightly.c) The wind howled through the night.d) The river flowed gently downstream. A) A. B) B. C) C. D) D. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A. 22. "The fire work exploded making a big BOOM in the air" is an example of ..... A) Hyperbole. B) Metaphor. C) Onomatopoeia. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Onomatopoeia. 23. Crash, bang, buzz, swish, and splash are all examples of what type of figurative language? A) Alliteration. B) Onomatopoeia. C) Oxymoron. D) Assonance. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Onomatopoeia. 24. The band played to a small crowd at the concert. A) Personification. B) Simile. C) Metaphor. D) Oxymoron. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Oxymoron. 25. The man had a heart of gold.What is this an example of? A) Idiom. B) Allusion. C) Onomatopoeia. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Metaphor. 26. Words whose meaning sound like their pronunciation A) Onomatopeia. B) Alliteration. C) Idiom. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Onomatopeia. 27. Joanne is a pearl of the ocean A) Hyperbole. B) Metaphor. C) Simile. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 28. What type of figurative language is this?I girl had lips like rubies. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Personification. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 29. Every morning my alarm clock yelled at me to get out of bed. A) Metaphor. B) Proverb or adage. C) Metaphor. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Personification. 30. Is this figurative language or literal meaning:The computer is in the office. A) Literal. B) Figurative language. C) All the above. D) None of the above. 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