This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Writing Style > Figurative Language – Quiz 54 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Figurative Language Quiz 54 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Two contradictory terms put together A) Simile. B) Oxymoron. C) Irony. D) Contrast. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Oxymoron. 2. The first rays of morning tiptoed through the meadow. What type of figurative language is this? A) Metaphor. B) Allusion. C) Idiom. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Personification. 3. Identify the definition below that matches IDIOM. A) A word that sounds like its meaning. B) A play on words. C) Two or more words beginning with the same consonant sound in a sentence or line of poetry. D) A peculiar phrase that cannot be taken literally. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A peculiar phrase that cannot be taken literally. 4. Exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally is? A) Hyperbole. B) Personification. C) Simile. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hyperbole. 5. The cow yelled at the fly after it bit him A) Simile. B) Personification. C) Metaphor. D) Symbol. E) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Personification. 6. Words that resemble the sound they describe A) Hyperbole. B) Idiom. C) Onomatopoeia. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Onomatopoeia. 7. What is idiom? A) A comparison between two items using like or as. B) A comparison between two items without using like or as. C) A figurative expression that would not make sense if taken literally. D) Words that stand for sounds. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A figurative expression that would not make sense if taken literally. 8. What kind of figurative language is being used?Our feet squished in the mud. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Onomatopoeia. D) Allusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Onomatopoeia. 9. Victoria's pencil ran across her page as she wrote down all her ideas. A) Metaphor. B) Simile. C) Personification. D) Idiom. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Personification. 10. She clattered and clanged as she washed the dishes. A) Alliteration. B) Hyperbole. C) Idiom. D) Onomatopoeia. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Onomatopoeia. 11. The burning wood hissed and crackled. A) Onomatopoeia. B) Simile. C) Metaphor. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Onomatopoeia. 12. What type of figurative language is being used in the quote?"I have a million things to do for homework!" A) Idiom. B) Alliteration. C) Onomatopoeia. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hyperbole. 13. What type of figurative language is being used in the quote?"The flowers danced in the wind." A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Idiom. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Personification. 14. An endless quiet valley spreads outPast the blue hills into the evening sky; A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Personification. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Personification. 15. That test was a piece of cake!This is an example of ..... A) An idiom. B) A hyperbole. C) A simile. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) An idiom. 16. He has a heart of stone A) Alliteration. B) Onomatopoeia. C) Hyperbole. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Metaphor. 17. "The water well is as dry as a bone" is an example of what type of figurative language? A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Alliteration. D) Idiom. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 18. Naomi's closet is a junkyard. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Idiom. D) Personifcation. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 19. A hyperbole is an: A) Exaggeration. B) Alliteration. C) Assonance. D) Juxtaposition. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Exaggeration. 20. It was so hot at Green Lake that the air was sweating. A) Simile. B) Hyperbole. C) Metaphor. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Personification. 21. Hyperbole is an exaggeration that is created to emphasize a point or bring out a sense of humor. It is often used in everyday conversations. An example of hyperbole is, "I would die for you." A) It means to show your affection and die for somebody. B) It means to show affection you have for someone. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It means to show affection you have for someone. 22. My brother is a pig. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Hyperbole. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 23. The pride and patriotism of the Twins baseball fans gleamed from their faces as the American Flag was carried onto the field. What type of figurative language is this? A) Symbolism. B) Simile. C) Allusion. D) Idiom. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Symbolism. 24. Busy as a bee A) Simile. B) Alliteration. C) Metaphor. D) Idiom. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 25. Define "Figurative Language" A) The use of words that look the same, but have different meaning. B) Drawing what you mean. C) Phrasing that goes beyond the literal meaning of words to get a message or point across. D) Writing paragraphs to form a particular shape or pattern. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Phrasing that goes beyond the literal meaning of words to get a message or point across. 26. The rain danced on the roof. A) Personification. B) Onomatopoeia. C) Simile. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Personification. 27. I am on cloud nine! A) Simile. B) Idiom. C) Metaphor. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Idiom. 28. An old familiar saying that expresses wisdom A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Idiom. D) Proverb/adage. E) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Proverb/adage. 29. Identify the type of figurative language being used:"The leaves danced in the wind" . A) Personification. B) Hyperbole. C) Onomatopoeia. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Personification. 30. My beliefs about life after death are not rooted in any particular philosophy. A) Complex trap. B) Very soft. C) Based on. D) Disappeared. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Based on. ← 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