This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Writing Style > Figurative Language – Quiz 28 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Figurative Language Quiz 28 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. When fiction writers want to engage their audience using a more creative tone that provokes thinking and sometimes humor, what were they used for their writing? A) Used of nouns. B) Used figurative languages. C) Used of adjectives. D) Used of adverbs. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Used figurative languages. 2. Using the same letter sound throughout the sentence A) Alliteratioin. B) Metaphor. C) Personification. D) Onomatopoeia. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Alliteratioin. 3. What type of figurative language is being used in the sentence below?The heater yelled as it came on for the first time for the winter. A) Alliteration. B) Personification. C) Metaphor. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Personification. 4. ..... is a comparison between two different things using "like" or "as" A) PERSONIFICATION. B) HYPERBOLE. C) SIMILE. D) ONOMATOPOEIA. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) SIMILE. 5. My fingers are icicles! A) Alliteration. B) Personification. C) Simile. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Metaphor. 6. What type of figurative language is the repetition of the same sound or letter in a sentence or phrase? A) Idiom. B) Metaphor. C) Alliteration. D) Imagery. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Alliteration. 7. Tommy is a bull in a china stop A) Simile. B) Onomatopoeia. C) Metaphor. D) Hyperbole. E) Symbol. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Metaphor. 8. The writers attitude toward what they're writing about. A) Simile. B) Mood. C) Tone. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Tone. 9. Which type of figurative language is below?The sand pulled at my feet. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Personification. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Personification. 10. "The ice cream was calling my name" A) Metaphor. B) Hyperbole. C) Simile. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Personification. 11. Name the figurative language: "the cookies were so delicious, I think I could eat a million of them!" A) Idiom. B) Hyperbole. C) Personification. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hyperbole. 12. Mom, I will just die if I can't go to the movies A) Hyperbole. B) Metaphor. C) Simile. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hyperbole. 13. 3) These sitters had been tongueless, earless, eyeless ..... A) Hyperbole. B) Motif. C) Imagery. D) Repetition. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hyperbole. 14. Language and poetic techniques use to create mental pictures and cause emotions in the reader. A) Verse. B) Alliteration. C) Imagery. D) Symbolism. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Imagery. 15. Giving human qualities to inanimate objects A) Idiom. B) Personification. C) Onomatopeia. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Personification. 16. OUCH! Charlie bit my finger! A) HYPERBOLE. B) SIMILE. C) PERSONIFICATION. D) ONOMATOPOEIA. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) ONOMATOPOEIA. 17. As we walked through the scorching desert, the sun beat down on us. A) Hyperbole. B) Personification. C) Simile. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Personification. 18. The sun smiled after the rain stopped. A) Personification. B) Idiom. C) Hyperbole. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Personification. 19. A comparison using like or as is a ..... A) Metaphor. B) Simile. C) Personification. D) Idiom. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Simile. 20. Figurative LanguageA word or phrase that does not have its normal, everyday, literal meaning. It is used by the writer to create a mental picture for the reader, for dramatic effect, or to make writing more interesting and clear. A) I read this slide. B) I did not read this slide. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) I read this slide. 21. I can't come over because I have a million things to do A) Hyperbole. B) Simile. C) Metaphor. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hyperbole. 22. The art gallery displayed hundreds of ..... and ..... A) Books pots pans. B) Pots pans cups. C) Precious pictures paintings. D) Prints cups pans. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Precious pictures paintings. 23. 2) "It was the time for sitting on porches ..... It was the time to hear things and talk ..... " A) Allusion. B) Repetition. C) Imagery. D) Anecdote. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Repetition. 24. A comparison of two unlike things using the words like or as. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Allusion. D) Idiom. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 25. If he does not talk to me today, I will die. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Personification. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hyperbole. 26. "Shawn would move mountains for Angela."What's the meaning of this hyperbole? A) Shawn and Angela like to climb mountains together. B) Shawn paints pictures of mountain scenes. C) Shawn would do anything for Angela. D) Angela is really pretty. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Shawn would do anything for Angela. 27. "My dad is strong like Superman" is saying ..... A) My dad is NOT strong. B) My dad wishes he were superman. C) My dad is very strong. D) My dad is Superman. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) My dad is very strong. 28. What kind of figurative language is being used?Amy ate an amazing apple at Andrew's. A) Hyperbole. B) Alliteration. C) Simile. D) Imagery. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Alliteration. 29. The horse galloped lightning.What is this an example of? A) Metaphor. B) Allusion. C) Simile. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Metaphor. 30. Nick is a beast on the football field. A) Metaphor. B) Allusion. C) Onomatopoeia. D) None of the above. 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