This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Writing Style > Figurative Language – Quiz 52 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Figurative Language Quiz 52 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. YUM-YUM-YUM! A) PERSONIFICATION. B) ONOMATOPOEIA. C) METAPHOR. D) SIMILIE. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) ONOMATOPOEIA. 2. A/an ..... is an expression that is not meant to be taken literally. A) Personification. B) Idiom. C) Metaphor. D) Simile. E) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Idiom. 3. Antonio ordered jumbo shrimp for dinner. What type of figurative language is used in this sentence? A) Oxymoron. B) Simile. C) Hyperbole. D) Idiom. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Oxymoron. 4. 4) " ..... they's a lost ball in de high grass" A) Simile. B) Personification. C) Idiom. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Metaphor. 5. This type of figurative language represents a sound. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Idiom. D) Onomatopoeia. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Onomatopoeia. 6. A "Hot potato" is a kenning referring to ..... A) Something no one wants. B) Dog. C) An environmentalist. D) A very young child. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Something no one wants. 7. What gives a brief and indirect reference to a person, place, thing or idea of historical, cultural, literary or political significance A) Pun. B) Irony. C) Allusion. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Allusion. 8. The pots and pans fell with a bang. A) Alliteration. B) Simile. C) Hyperbole. D) Alliteration. E) Onomatopeia. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Onomatopeia. 9. What is the function of figurative language? A) To refer to something without directly stating it. B) To describe something. C) To explain something by directly stating it. D) To make a conclusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To refer to something without directly stating it. 10. The ice in the arena was as smooth as glass. A) Metaphor. B) Hyperbole. C) Simile. D) Oxymoron. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Simile. 11. Read this sentence. Which type of figurative language is it?The ground at the base of the hill was cruel and menacing. A) Simile. B) Hyperbole. C) Metaphor. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Personification. 12. Amy is sweet as pie. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Alliteration. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 13. Open secret A) Hyperbole. B) Personification. C) Metaphor. D) Oxymoron. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Oxymoron. 14. "Your room is a pigsty!" is an example of what type of figurative language? A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Alliteration. D) Allusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 15. I was scared when i heard the tic-toc of the clock on midnight. A) Assonance. B) Alliteration. C) Hyperbole. D) Onomatopoeia. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Onomatopoeia. 16. The crazy car is colorful.This is an example of what type of figurative language? A) Simile. B) Alliteration. C) Personification. D) Repetition. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Alliteration. 17. Ms. Zappia is as evil as a hungry goblin under a bridge. A) Onomatopoeia. B) Hyperbole. C) Simile. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Simile. 18. You are the sunshine in my life. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Personification. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 19. What type of figurative language is used in the phrase "The classroom was a zoo" ? A) Personification. B) Hyperbole. C) Onomatopoeia. D) Simile. E) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Metaphor. 20. Choose the best word to complete the simile below. The boy's voice was as loud as ..... A) A mouse. B) Coal. C) Thunder. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Thunder. 21. There was a bowling wind all night. A) Reminders. B) Very soft. C) Very noisy. D) Complex trap. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Very noisy. 22. A phrase that means something different than the literal meaning of the words A) Metaphor. B) Hyperbole. C) Idiom. D) Allusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Idiom. 23. "The shadows danced in the moonlight."This sentence uses ..... A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Personification. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Personification. 24. What is the repetition (repeating) of consonant sounds? A) Idiom. B) Onomatopoeia. C) Alliteration. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Alliteration. 25. He was always a grouch. You could tell he had a real chip on his shoulder. A) Metaphor. B) Simile. C) Idiom. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Idiom. 26. "Dudleys favorite punching bag was Harry, though he couldn't often catch him" -Harry Potter A) Idiom. B) Metaphor. C) Pun. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 27. The tallest boy danced with the shortest girl. A) Onomatopoeia. B) Contrast. C) Metaphor. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Contrast. 28. Help me! Help me! Help me! A) Alliteration. B) Repetition. C) Contrast. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Repetition. 29. When something that is not human takes on human qualities A) Metaphor. B) Simile. C) Personification. D) Alliteration. E) Onomatopoeia. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Personification. 30. The trees dressed up in red and gold to celebrate the start of autumn. A) HYPERBOLE. B) PERSONIFICATION. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) PERSONIFICATION. ← 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