This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Writing Style > Figurative Language – Quiz 39 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Figurative Language Quiz 39 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The swing rocked like a baby learning to walk A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Idiom. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 2. She was a Good Samaritan when she helped the old lady. A) Metaphor. B) Oxymoron. C) Hyperbole. D) Allusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Allusion. 3. Tim is a walking dictionary!What type of figurative language is being used in the sentence? A) Metaphor. B) Personification. C) Alliteration. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Metaphor. 4. Becky borrowed Beth's book is an example of what type of figurative language? A) Simile. B) Alliteration. C) Onomatopoeia. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Alliteration. 5. A Japanese 3 line poem that does not rhyme with topics in nature A) Haiku. B) Acrostic. C) Simile. D) Limerick. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Haiku. 6. "The eerie silence was shattered by her scream." This is an example of ..... A) Theme. B) Plot. C) Rhyme. D) Imagery. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Imagery. 7. Identify the sentence that uses personification:a) The waves crashed against the shore.b) The cat's fur was as soft as silk.c) The sun smiled down on us.d) The mountain stood tall and majestic. A) B. B) A. C) D. D) C. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) C. 8. Ms. Hearon bought all the pencils in the world, and Mr. Lawson took them from her. A) Hyperbole. B) Metaphor. C) Simile. D) Onomatopoeia. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hyperbole. 9. Sheep should sleep in the shed. A) Simile. B) Onomatopoeia. C) Alliteration. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Alliteration. 10. The wise fool called himself a cheerful pessimist. A) Oxymoron. B) Simile. C) Repetition. D) Onomatopoeia. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Oxymoron. 11. Descriptive words that appeal to the senses. A) Hyperbole. B) Onomatopoeia. C) Metaphor. D) Imagery. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Imagery. 12. The bee floated across the field of flowers. A) Hyperbole. B) Not Hyperbole. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Not Hyperbole. 13. This question is like a million times easier. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Personification. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hyperbole. 14. The silence crept into the classroom. A) Metaphor. B) Simile. C) Personification. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Personification. 15. Read the sentence. Which type of figurative language is it?My dad's feet were so smelly, I thought there were garbage trucks in the house! A) Simile. B) Hyperbole. C) Metaphor. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hyperbole. 16. "I was quaking from head to foot, and could have hung my hat on my eyes, they stuck out so far." -Mark Twain, Old Times on the Mississippi A) Hyperbole. B) Personification. C) Allusion. D) Idiom. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Personification. 17. The snow on the ski hill was powdered sugar. A) Simile. B) Hyperbole. C) Metaphor. D) Oxymoron. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Metaphor. 18. Fall Fridays feel fantastic. A) Onomatopoeia. B) Simile. C) Alliteration. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Alliteration. 19. 'That test was a breeze!' is an example of: A) Personification. B) Onomatopoeia. C) Simile. D) Idiom. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Idiom. 20. "Cars come and go like frantic ants." A) Personification. B) Simile. C) Metaphor. D) Onomatopoeia. E) Allusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Simile. 21. "Neither reply nor pity came from him, but in one stride he clutched at my companionsand caught two in his hands like squirming puppiesto beat their brains out, spattering the floor." A) Epic Simile. B) Personification. C) Metaphor. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Epic Simile. 22. Evaluate the author's overall use of figurative language. How does it contribute to the text's meaning? A) The figurative language only serves to lengthen the text without adding meaning. B) The figurative language confuses the reader and detracts from the main idea. C) The figurative language deepens emotional engagement and enhances thematic understanding. D) The use of figurative language is minimal and has no impact on the text. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The figurative language deepens emotional engagement and enhances thematic understanding. 23. A figure of speech that makes a comparison between two unrelated things by stating that one thing is another thing A) Figurative Language. B) Metaphor. C) Simile. D) Imagery. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 24. What figurative language is used in the expression "Time is a thief" ? A) Simile. B) Personification. C) Metaphor. D) Onomatopoeia. E) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Metaphor. 25. Identify the type of figurative language being used:"It's raining cats and dogs" . A) Hyperbole. B) Personification. C) Metaphor. D) Idiom. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Idiom. 26. Identify the figurative language in the sentence:'The classroom was a zoo.' A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Personification. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 27. If someone gives you the advice to "Not count your chickens before they hatch", they are not warning you against tallying your birds, but instead warning you to not get your hopes up. This is an example of a(n): A) Oxymoron. B) Verbal irony. C) Idiom. D) Understatement. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Idiom. 28. Ada call my brother Roadrunner because he is always setting traps for me. A) Metaphor. B) Onomatopoeia. C) Allusion. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Allusion. 29. "As I stood in the field, the grass whispering its shy music." A) Personification. B) Simile. C) Metaphor. D) Allusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Personification. 30. This literary POV presents the storyline in a seeminly more NEUTRAL way to readers. A) First person. B) Second person. C) Third person. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Third person. ← 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