This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Writing Style > Figurative Language – Quiz 7 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Figurative Language Quiz 7 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The restless children were hopping about like kernels in a corn popper.What figure of speech is this an example of? A) Metaphor. B) Simile. C) Hyperbole. D) Idiom. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Simile. 2. 'Pop! The cork flew from the champagne bottle.' The word 'pop' is an example of: A) Personification. B) Onomatopoeia. C) Simile. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Onomatopoeia. 3. Time flies by! Is an example of ..... A) Idiom. B) Simile. C) Onomatopoeia. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Idiom. 4. What kind of figurative language is being used?Avery ate an amazing apple at Andrew's. A) Hyperbole. B) Alliteration. C) Simile. D) Imagery. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Alliteration. 5. What type of figurative language is being used in the sentence below?The walker was a turtle when she made her way through the race. A) Personification. B) Onomatopoeia. C) Alliteration. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Metaphor. 6. What type of figurative language makes a comparison by saying that one thing is another thing. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Personification. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 7. A comparison where one thing is said to be another is (a) A) Simile. B) Hyperbole. C) A. metaphor. D) Onomatopoeia. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A. metaphor. 8. An obvious exaggeration, not meant to be taken literally. A) Foreshadowing. B) Hyperbole. C) Idiom. D) Imagery. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hyperbole. 9. What figurative language device is used in this lyric? "I need you like a heart needs a beat" A) Metaphor. B) Simile. C) Symbol. D) Rhyme. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Simile. 10. "Look outside! It's raining cats and dogs!" is an example of ..... A) Simile. B) Onomatopoeia. C) Idiom. D) Personfication. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Idiom. 11. "The baby's cry was music to her ears." This sentence is an example of which figurative language? A) Onomatopoeia. B) Metaphor. C) Simile. D) Personification. E) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 12. The moon smiled at me A) Personification. B) Simile. C) Metaphor. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Personification. 13. Everyone agrees that Mr. Lawson is the best teacher in the entire world! A) Onomatopoeia. B) Simile. C) Hyperbole. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hyperbole. 14. An alliteration is ..... A) A word or phrase for one thing that is used to refer to another thing in order to show or suggest that they are similar. B) The repetition of usually initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words or syllables. C) Representing a thing or idea as a person in art, literature. D) Exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The repetition of usually initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words or syllables. 15. Mrs. Gordy asked us to be quiet a million times. A) Hyperbole. B) Simile. C) Allusion. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hyperbole. 16. Jillian sang as beautifully as a bird A) Hyberbole. B) Metaphore. C) Simile. D) Idiom. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Simile. 17. My computer stubbornly refused to start. A) Simile. B) Onomatopoeia. C) Personification. D) Idiom. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Personification. 18. Comparing two things WITHOUT using LIKE or AS is called A) Metaphor. B) Simile. C) Alliteration. D) Stanza. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Metaphor. 19. What type of figurative language gives human characteristics to objects or animals? A) Simile. B) Personification. C) Onomatopoeia. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Personification. 20. When the speaker says the opposite of what he or she means. A) Pun. B) Verbal irony. C) Allusion. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Verbal irony. 21. I'm a rocket. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Personification. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 22. Tell whether the example is a simile or metaphor.Ben is a walking dictionary. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 23. Explain the meaning of the personification below.It's raining cats and dogs! A) Cats and dogs are crying. B) Cats and dogs are falling out of the sky. C) It's raining a little bit. D) The sky is pouring down rain. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The sky is pouring down rain. 24. ''Once upon a midnight dreary while I pondered weak and weary, "-Edgar Allan Poe, "The Raven" A) Metaphor. B) Alliteration. C) Onomatopoeia. D) Allusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Alliteration. 25. ..... a figure of speech in which two a things are compared, NOT using like or as A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Personification. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 26. Cats can't couldn't care less. A) Idiom. B) Alliteration. C) Metaphor. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Alliteration. 27. This sentence is an example of what: "You are my knight in shining armor." A) Simile. B) Hyperbole. C) Idiom. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Metaphor. 28. 7th grade is a breeze for some people. For others, it's a giant earthquake. A) Personification. B) Simile. C) Onomatopoeia. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Metaphor. 29. What is an example of a simile?The snow kissed the ground;Like a child to his mother, Returned home at last A) Like a child. B) To his mother. C) Returned home. D) The snow kissed. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Like a child. 30. An expression that doesn't exactly mean what the words say A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Idiom. D) Proverb/adage. E) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Idiom. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesGrammar QuizzesFigurative Language Quiz 1Figurative Language Quiz 2Figurative Language Quiz 3Figurative Language Quiz 4Figurative Language Quiz 5Figurative Language Quiz 6Figurative Language Quiz 8Figurative Language Quiz 9Figurative Language Quiz 10 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books