This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Writing Style > Figurative Language – Quiz 36 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Figurative Language Quiz 36 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. When the word makes the sound as it is spelled A) Assonance. B) Alliteration. C) Figurative Language. D) Onomatopoeia. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Onomatopoeia. 2. A comparison of two ore more different things using like or as A) Metaphor. B) Personification. C) Hyperbole. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Simile. 3. AFTER THAT MEAL, I FEEL AS FAT AS A PIG. A) SIMILIE. B) PERSONIFICATION. C) METAPHOR. D) ONOMATOPOEIA. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) SIMILIE. 4. What figurative language uses a statement that refers to something indirectly? A) Hyperbole. B) Allusion. C) Alliteration. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Allusion. 5. "Lightning danced across the sky" is an example of: A) Simile. B) Anthropomorphism. C) Understatement. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Personification. 6. '' Attributing human characteristics to nonhuman things '' The definition of? A) Metaphor. B) Personification. C) Simile. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Personification. 7. The idiom "busy as a bee" is also an example of a- A) Alliteration because it repeats the letter B. B) Personification because a bee can't be busy. C) Simile because it compares us being busy to a bee using "like" or "as". D) Metaphor because it compares us being busy to a bee without using "like" or "as". Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Simile because it compares us being busy to a bee using "like" or "as". 8. Her eyes were fireflies. What type of figurative language is in this sentence? A) Hyperbole. B) Metaphor. C) Personification. D) Allusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 9. The mouse squeaked as it ran across the room. A) Hyperbole. B) Personification. C) Onomatopoeia. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Onomatopoeia. 10. Words that resemble to the sound they represent A) Personification. B) Idiom. C) Hyperbole. D) Onomatopoeia. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Onomatopoeia. 11. News of Rachel and Jeff's relationship was an open secret.What figurative language device is being used in the sentence above? A) Oxymoron. B) Pun. C) Metaphor. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Oxymoron. 12. "Look lak she been livin' through uh hundred years in January without one day of spring" A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Irony. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 13. "The stars danced in the night" A) Personification. B) Simile. C) Hyperobole. D) Onomatopoeia. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Personification. 14. The TREES SWAYED in the wind. This is an example of: A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Imagery. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Personification. 15. Stand out like a sore thumb A) Personification. B) Hyperbole. C) Simile. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Simile. 16. Giving human traits/qualities to non-human things A) Idiom. B) Metaphor. C) Personification. D) Onomatopoeia. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Personification. 17. Define Onomatopoeia A) Giving an inanimate object, animal, or abstract concept human qualities. B) An extreme exaggeration. C) A play on words to produce a humorous effect. D) Sound words. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sound words. 18. Geoffrey knew not to remind his brother of their argument. It's best to let sleeping dogs lie. A) Allusion. B) Idiom. C) Hyperbole. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Idiom. 19. What kind of figurative language is being used?The rooster smiled and winked at me. A) Simile. B) Imagery. C) Personification. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Personification. 20. Define Metaphor A) A play on words to produce a humorous effect. B) A comparison of two dissimilar items without using like, as, or than. C) An extreme exaggeration. D) A comparison of two dissimilar items using like, as, or than. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A comparison of two dissimilar items without using like, as, or than. 21. What does the sentence below actually mean?The car complained as the key was roughly turned in its ignition. A) The car was not starting and making noises. B) The car was a big complainer. C) The car started up perfectly normal. D) The car hurt the person inside. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The car was not starting and making noises. 22. "It's a piece of cake." A) Hyperbole. B) Idiom. C) Allusion. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Idiom. 23. Define:Personification 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) I do not know. E) Exaggeration for effect. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Giving human traits or characteristics to an object or idea. 24. I'd catch a grenade for you. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Hyperbole. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hyperbole. 25. "The ship sailed swiftly towards the shore" is an example of which type of figurative language? A) Theme. B) Metaphor. C) Style. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Alliteration. 26. What do you think the meaning of this metaphor, "Seth is a walking dictionary" is? A) Seth is tired. B) Seth knows a lot of words. C) Seth was walking around the street. D) Seth has a dictionary in his pocket everywhere he goes. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Seth knows a lot of words. 27. Is the imitation of natural sounds in word form. These words help us form mental pictures, or visualize, things, people, or places that are described. Sometimes a word names a thing or action by copying the sound. A) Alliteration. B) Onomatopoeia. C) Idiom. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Onomatopoeia. 28. His mouth was like a volcano. A) Metaphor. B) Simile. C) Hyperbole. D) Onomatopoeia. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Simile. 29. A hyperbole is A) Repeating the beginning sound in words. B) Giving human qualities to animals or objects. C) An exaggeration. D) A word that imitates the sound that it represents. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) An exaggeration. 30. Rachel is a walking encyclopedia.Which figure of speech is this? A) Metaphor. B) Personification. C) Simile. D) Idiom. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Metaphor. ← 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