This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Writing Style > Figurative Language – Quiz 38 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Figurative Language Quiz 38 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Perspective from which a story is told.(Hint:1st person, 2nd person, 3rd person) A) Personification. B) Tone. C) Point of View. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Point of View. 2. Drip, Drop, Drip, Drop went the rain drops falling on the roof of the house A) Metaphor. B) Personification. C) Alliteration. D) Onomatopoeia. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Onomatopoeia. 3. His head is in the clouds. A) Alliteration. B) Simile. C) Hyperbole. D) Idiom. E) Onomatopeia. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Idiom. 4. Santa landed with a thump when he arrived down the chimney. A) Simile. B) Personification. C) Alliteration. D) Onomatopoeia. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Onomatopoeia. 5. The opposite of what is expected happens; a twist or paradox A) Onomatopoeia. B) Oxymoron. C) Contrast. D) Irony. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Irony. 6. The volcano spit fire and ash into the sky. A) Simile. B) Alliteration. C) Personification. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Personification. 7. The Statue of Liberty is so big, when I looked up, I almost got whiplash. A) Hyperbole. B) Personification. C) Alliteration. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hyperbole. 8. What type of figurative language is used in the poem below? 'Hope' is the thing with feathers-That perches in the soul-And sings the tune without the words-And never stops-at all A) Metaphor. B) Simile. C) Personification. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Metaphor. 9. Read the sentence. Which type of figurative language is it?Zether's was like a chipmunk face to face with a mountain lion. A) Simile. B) Hyperbole. C) Metaphor. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 10. What do you think the meaning of this metaphor, "She is a walking dictionary" is? A) Was is tired. B) She knows a lot of words. C) She was walks around the street. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) She knows a lot of words. 11. What technique is being used in the following passage:He is like a monster when he plays sports. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Personification. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 12. The fragrance of spring flowers made her joyful. A) Hyperbole. B) Imagery. C) Five senses. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Imagery. 13. Since it is the weekend, Christian decided to take it easy and not do any work. A) Idiom. B) Metaphor. C) Hyperbole. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Idiom. 14. Mrs. Rose is an angel. A) Personification. B) Simile. C) Hyperbole. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Metaphor. 15. A comparison of two unlike things without using like or as is which type of figurative language? A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Hyperbole. D) Idiom. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 16. Break a leg A) Metaphor. B) Alliteration. C) Hyperbole. D) Idiom. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Idiom. 17. "He could stare into her eyes for a thousand years." is an example of what? A) Personification. B) Simile. C) Hyperbole. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hyperbole. 18. The fire hungrily devoured everything in its path. A) Personification. B) Metaphor. C) Idiom. D) Allusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Personification. 19. The comic book superhero Spider-Man possesses a spidey sense that warns him of impending trouble.What is the meaning of the allusion in the sentence below?Luther picked up his pace on the trail as his spidey sense began to tingle. A) Sense of smell. B) Sense of danger. C) Sense of wonder. D) Sense of pride. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sense of danger. 20. Mist made the sidewalks glisten like glass under the streetlights. Which of the following sentences changes the above simile to a metaphor? A) Mist made the sidewalks glisten under the streetlights. B) In the mist, the sidewalks were glass glistening under the streetlights. C) The sidewalks glistened like misty glass. D) Under the streetlights, the sidewalks looked misty. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) In the mist, the sidewalks were glass glistening under the streetlights. 21. Shine bright like a diamond. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Alliteration. D) Imagery. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 22. Colourful candy canes blanketed the Christmas tree. A) Metaphor. B) Simile. C) Alliteration. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Alliteration. 23. "Swoosh, " the ball passed the net. What type of figurative language is used in this sentence? A) Personification. B) Metaphor. C) Onomatopoeia. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Onomatopoeia. 24. A figure of speech that gives human-like characteristicsto an abstract idea or non-human thingis called A) Couplet. B) Personification. C) Onomatopoeia. D) Cenquin. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Personification. 25. The hockey player lost his control when the puck ran across the ice. A) Oxymoron. B) Personification. C) Simile. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Personification. 26. This type of figurative language, often found in graphic novels and comics, is created when a word sounds like the noise that it makes. A) Hyperbole. B) Onomatopoeia. C) Idiom. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Onomatopoeia. 27. He is the only honest thief. A) PARADOX. B) OXYMORON. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) OXYMORON. 28. The plates danced on the shelves during the earthquakeis an example of: A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Personification. D) Onomatopoeia. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Personification. 29. This homework will take me forever!Is an example of: A) Hyperbole. B) Simile. C) Metaphor. D) Allusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hyperbole. 30. "The teenager is as hungry as a wolf" is an example of ..... A) Simile. B) Hyperbole. C) Idiom. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. ← 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