This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Writing Style > Figurative Language – Quiz 37 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Figurative Language Quiz 37 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What a pig he is when he eats A) Hyperbole. B) Metaphor. C) Simile. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 2. "The firework exploded in the air, making a big BOOM." is an example of A) Personification. B) Onomatopoeia. C) Idiom. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Onomatopoeia. 3. My mom is as smart as a dictionary A) Metaphor. B) Alliteration. C) Simile. D) Hyperbole. E) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Simile. 4. Which word is an example of onomatopoeia? A) Pour. B) Zap. C) Reach. D) Feel. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Zap. 5. 1st person A) I, me, my, mine, myself. B) You, your, yours, yourself. C) She, her, hers, herself, him, himself. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) You, your, yours, yourself. 6. The engine revved and roared. A) Personification. B) Onomatopoeia. C) Simile. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Onomatopoeia. 7. The dolphins danced and played in the waves.This is an example of which figure of speech? A) Simile. B) Personification. C) Alliteration. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Personification. 8. My brother is such a pig when he eats.What does this figurative language mean above? A) He barely eats his food. B) He is clean when he eats. C) He is sloppy when he eats. D) He needs someone to feed him. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He is sloppy when he eats. 9. What kind of figurative language is being used?Avery is a tree. A) Metaphor. B) Simile. C) Onomatopoeia. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Metaphor. 10. The use of words that imitate sounds A) Personification. B) Alliteration. C) Onomatopoeia. D) Idiom. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Onomatopoeia. 11. The phrase "bone Cage" is a kenning referring to ..... A) A roller coaster. B) Grendel's belly. C) School. D) Your body. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Your body. 12. My mouth was as dry as a bone A) Metaphor. B) Alliteration. C) Simile. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Simile. 13. When a writer compares two unlike things using "like" or "as" ? A) Personification. B) Metaphor. C) Simile. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Simile. 14. Get off her high horse A) Metaphor. B) Hyperbole. C) Alliteration. D) Idiom. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Idiom. 15. What does the sentence below actually mean?O my Love is like a red, red rose That's newly sprung in June; A) The speaker believes that roses are the most beautiful in June. B) The speaker believes that the subject is very beautiful. C) The speaker is picking roses. D) The subject of the poem is a rose. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The speaker believes that the subject is very beautiful. 16. This type of figurative language compares two unlike things and DOES NOT use like or as. A) Metaphor. B) Personification. C) Simile. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Metaphor. 17. Words or details that create a picture. A) Hyperbole. B) Imagery. C) Point of view. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Imagery. 18. This homework is going to take years to finish! A) Simile. B) Hyperbole. C) Personification. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hyperbole. 19. 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) Hyperbole. B) Metaphor. C) Simile. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Personification. 20. A word that imitates a sound, for example BUZZ and POP: A) Onomatopoeia. B) Simile. C) Metaphor. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Onomatopoeia. 21. My hands were as toasty as a marshmallow in the fire. A) Alliteration. B) Simile. C) Idiom. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Simile. 22. The sad student sat silently in the room. This is an example of ..... A) Alliteration. B) Onomatopoeia. C) Simile. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Alliteration. 23. Complete the Simile:As flat as a ..... A) Cake. B) Tree. C) Pancake. D) Muffin. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Pancake. 24. When the pitcher finished nine innings, he was hungry enough to eat a horse. A) Metaphor. B) Hyperbole. C) Oxymoron. D) Idiom. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hyperbole. 25. Which literary device is used in the following line? "The wind whispered through the trees" A) Metaphor. B) Personification. C) Imagery. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Personification. 26. Name the figurative language: "beauty is in the eyes of the beholder." A) Proverb. B) Adage. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Adage. 27. The moon smiled at the stars in the night sky. A) Personification. B) Hyperbole. C) Simile. D) Idiom. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Personification. 28. What is being personified in the following passage:The microwave timer told me it was time to eat my TV dinner. A) TV. B) Microwave timer. C) Dinner. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Microwave timer. 29. "Love is like a red, red rose" is BEST labeled ..... A) A simile. B) Imagery. C) Allusion. D) A metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A simile. 30. The girl was as happy as a clam with her fun outfit. A) Metaphor. B) Similie. C) Personification. D) None of the above. 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