This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Writing Style > Figurative Language – Quiz 23 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Figurative Language Quiz 23 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The typical teenage boy's room is a disaster area. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Proverb/adage. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 2. Which of the following is an example of METAPHOR? A) The soldier was as brave as a lion. B) Her voice is music to my ears. C) Her stomach complained loudly after she ate the spicy enchiladas. D) Your suitcase weighs a ton!. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Her voice is music to my ears. 3. The flute sang out beautifully during the concert. A) Metaphor. B) Personification. C) Simile. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Personification. 4. "You are a star" A) Hyperbole. B) Simile. C) Metaphor. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Metaphor. 5. Define:Hyperbole A) Exaggeration for effect. B) Comparison of two or more things using "like" , "as" , "than" , or "resembles". C) I do not know. D) A way of speaking that is characteristic of a particular place or group of people. E) Comparison of two or more things not using "like" or "as". Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Exaggeration for effect. 6. The fest was a long never-ending marathon. A) Personification. B) Simile. C) Metaphor. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hyperbole. 7. An exaggerated expression A) Simile. B) Hyperbole. C) Metaphor. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hyperbole. 8. What is an understatement? A) A comparison using "like" or "as" . B) A statement that gives non-human objects human characteristics. C) A statement that creter humor by saying something less significant than it is. D) An expressing whose meaning is different from the literal meaning. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A statement that creter humor by saying something less significant than it is. 9. BANGis an example of: A) Metaphor. B) Personification. C) Allusion. D) Onomatopoeia. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Onomatopoeia. 10. 'She sang of his love forever.' is an example of: A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Personification. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hyperbole. 11. "strategist Odysseus""Pallas Athena" A) Irony. B) Imagery. C) Alter Ego. D) Allusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Alter Ego. 12. The pillow was like a marshmallow, puffy and soft A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Personification. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 13. I'm so hungry I could eat a horse! What is this an example of? A) Hyperbole. B) Idiom. C) Allieration. D) Pun. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hyperbole. 14. My sister is as slow as molasses in the mornings.The sentence is an example of A) Simile. B) Personification. C) Methphor. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 15. The quote from the popular Owl City song, "You would not believe your eyes if ten million fireflies lit up the world as I fell asleep, " is an example of what type of figurative language? A) Metaphor. B) Onomatopoeia. C) Hyperbole. D) Idiom. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hyperbole. 16. The book was a spaceship that transported him to strange new worlds. A) Personification. B) Hyperbole. C) Simile. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Metaphor. 17. The rain came down in full cold buckets. A) Metaphor. B) Simile. C) Personification. D) Onomatopeia. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Metaphor. 18. He's a penny pincher. A) Idiom. B) Simile. C) Metaphor. D) Personficiation. E) Onomatopeia. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Idiom. 19. Children's books are often written from what literary POV? A) Firstperson. B) Secondperson. C) Thirdperson. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Secondperson. 20. My sister is as slow as molasses in the mornings. (a) A) A. simile. B) Personification. C) Metaphor. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A. simile. 21. The steak sizzled on the grill. A) Personification. B) Onomatopoeia. C) Simile. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Onomatopoeia. 22. This type of figurative language is an extreme exaggeration. A) Simile. B) Hyperbole. C) Metaphor. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hyperbole. 23. What type of figurative language is used in the sentence below?The wind whispered through the trees A) Simile. B) Personification. C) Metaphor. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Personification. 24. There were echoes of her own childhood in the novel she wrote about a poor family who emigrated to the United States. A) Complex trap. B) Very sad. C) Reminders. D) Very soft. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Reminders. 25. I distinctly remember forgetting that. It's an example of ..... A) Hyperbole. B) Personification. C) Onomatopoeia. D) Oxymoron. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Oxymoron. 26. In the expression "Her words cut deeper than a knife, " what figurative language is being used? A) Personification. B) Simile. C) Hyperbole. D) Alliteration. E) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Metaphor. 27. Which type of figurative language is being used? "Death lies on her like an untimely frost" A) Metaphor. B) Simile. C) Irony. D) Oxymoron. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Simile. 28. I was so hungry that I even ate the plate A) Simile. B) Personification. C) Hyperbole. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hyperbole. 29. Which one is an example of a personification? A) Daniel ate an ice cream. B) That costs me an arm and a leg!. C) The flower danced in the wind. D) The sun was warm on the child's face. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The flower danced in the wind. 30. Giving human qualities to nonhuman things is which type of figurative language? A) Personification. B) Imagery. C) Assonance. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Personification. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesGrammar QuizzesFigurative Language Quiz 1Figurative Language Quiz 2Figurative Language Quiz 3Figurative 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