This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Writing Style > Figurative Language – Quiz 45 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Figurative Language Quiz 45 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. My isn't Martha's macaroni mouthwatering, madame?What figure of speech is this? A) Personification. B) Hyperbole. C) Alliteration. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Alliteration. 2. ''A mind is like a parachute. It doesn't work if it is not open" .-Frank Zappa A) Onomatopoeia. B) Simile. C) Metaphor. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Simile. 3. I'm sorry I was late for school, but it wasn't my fault. First, my alarm didn't go off in time and then it took my mom about a million years to make my breakfast. Then, I spilled syrup on my shirt and had to change it. Then, I couldn't I find my homework. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Idiom. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hyperbole. 4. He is as quiet as a mouse. A) Onomatopoeia. B) Metaphor. C) Simile. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Simile. 5. 3rd person A) They, she, her, him, them, himself, themselves. B) You, your, yourself. C) I, me, my, myself. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) They, she, her, him, them, himself, themselves. 6. Tim tickled Tom's toes. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Personification. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Alliteration. 7. By Friday, we were all like zombies, meandering about the halls. No energy, not a single thought in our minds. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Hyperbole. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 8. A statement that has both a literal and a non-literal meaning A) Idiom. B) Simile. C) Alliteration. D) Onomatopoeia. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Idiom. 9. SOUND wordsEx:The glass went CRACK as the bird flew into it. A) Simile. B) Personification. C) Onomatopoeia. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Onomatopoeia. 10. The bees buzzed around the honey pot. A) Metaphor. B) Onomatopoeia. C) Simile. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Onomatopoeia. 11. Buzz! Buzz! said the honeybee. A) Metaphor. B) Simile. C) Alliteration. D) Onomatopoeia. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Onomatopoeia. 12. Which metaphor below would be helpful in describing a presentation that went bad A) In that moment he was a lion tamer and the crowd was eating from his hand. B) He was a conductor of a train that was steady on it rails and going full steam ahead. C) He was the captain of a bad voyage and he was going down with his ship. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He was the captain of a bad voyage and he was going down with his ship. 13. The wind whispered in my ear A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Hyperbole. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Personification. 14. I ate five-thousand pancakes for breakfast. A) Hyperbole. B) Metaphor. C) Alliteration. D) Onomatopeia. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hyperbole. 15. How does the use of imagery impact the reader's understanding of the text? A) Imagery is irrelevant to the overall meaning of the text. B) Imagery impacts the reader's understanding by making the text more vivid and relatable. C) Imagery has no effect on the reader's understanding. D) Imagery only confuses the reader and makes the text harder to follow. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Imagery impacts the reader's understanding by making the text more vivid and relatable. 16. The hot sand on the beach was like walking on a stovetop. A) Contrast. B) Metaphor. C) Simile. D) Irony. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Simile. 17. What type of figurative language is used in the sentence: "The wind whispered through the trees" ? A) Metaphor. B) Simile. C) Personification. D) Hyperbole. E) Onomatopoeia. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Personification. 18. I had a ton of homework last night. What type of figurative language is in this sentence? A) Personification. B) Hyperbole. C) Metaphor. D) Allusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hyperbole. 19. My brother's piano recital was so boring, it was like watching grass grow. I would have dozed off, but my mom kept poking me in the arm whenever I closed my eyesWhat type of figurative language is used above? A) Simile. B) Personification. C) Metaphor. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 20. Chirp, meow, boom, zap, pow! A) Onomatopoeia. B) Personification. C) Idiom. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Onomatopoeia. 21. The snow moaned under the incredible weight of our car. A) Allusion. B) Personification. C) Idiom. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Personification. 22. The girl looked as cozy as a soft kitten when she fell asleep on her blanket. A) Personification. B) Hyperbole. C) Simile. D) Metaphor. E) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Simile. 23. Compares two unlike things using like or as A) Alliteration. B) Personification. C) Metaphor. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Simile. 24. I don't think Alex is feeling well today, he looks as pale as a ghost. A) SIMILE. B) ONOMATOPOEIA. C) PERSONIFICATION. D) HYPERBOLE. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) SIMILE. 25. She was as pale as a ghost. A) Metaphor. B) Alliteration. C) Simile. D) Onomatopoeia. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Simile. 26. A group of words whose collective meaning is quite different from their individual, literal meaning. A) Personification. B) Allusion. C) Idiom. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Idiom. 27. Clary closed her cluttered clothes closet. A) Personification. B) Alliteration. C) Oxymoron. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Alliteration. 28. It was so foggy you could cut through it with a knife. A) Idiom. B) Simile. C) Personification. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hyperbole. 29. An exaggeration for dramatic effect. A) Metaphor. B) Simile. C) Allusion. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hyperbole. 30. Name the figurative language: "Boom! The thunder echoed through the sky!" A) Onomatopoeia. B) Hyperbole. C) Idiom. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Onomatopoeia. ← 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