This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Writing Style > Figurative Language – Quiz 10 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Figurative Language Quiz 10 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. He did stack the piles of shingles, but almost cried when a nail bit his thumb. What figurative language does this sentence from Born Worker contain? A) Allusion. B) Personification. C) Metaphor. D) Onomatopoeia. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Personification. 2. Choose the correct type of figurative language found in the following sentence:Katie collaborated with the concerned citizens of the city. A) Hyperbole. B) Metaphor. C) Alliteration. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Alliteration. 3. Ben really wants that new phone, but it will cost him an arm and a leg! A) Metaphor. B) Simile. C) Personification. D) Idiom. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Idiom. 4. "Opportunity extended its hands to me." is an example of what? A) Hyperbole. B) Metaphor. C) Onomatopoeia. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Personification. 5. The phrase "heaven's Jewel" is a kenning referring to ..... A) The sun. B) The moon. C) Beowulf. D) Your eyes. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The sun. 6. The teapot sang as the water boiled. What type of figurative language is in this sentence? A) Onomatopoeia. B) Hyperbole. C) Personification. D) Idiom. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Personification. 7. Snap, crackle, and pop are examples of this. A) Personification. B) Hyberbole. C) Onomatopeoia. D) Simlie. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Onomatopeoia. 8. The wind ..... through the trees. (personification) A) Whispered. B) Winked. C) Winded. D) Willowed. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Whispered. 9. Explain the meaning of the metaphor below.The car seat is a fluffy cloud. A) The car seat is very comfortable to sit in. B) The car seat feels hard. C) The car seat is for a baby. D) The car seat is on a cloud. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The car seat is very comfortable to sit in. 10. Shaq is so tall that his head could almost reach the ceiling. A) Literal. B) Figurative. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Figurative. 11. It's raining cats and dogs outside! A) Allusion. B) Alliteration. C) Idiom. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Idiom. 12. What type of figurative language uses words that imitates sounds? A) Alliteration. B) Onomatopoeia. C) Simile. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Onomatopoeia. 13. Jamie is the wind when he runs. A) Metaphor. B) Simile. C) Alliteration. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Metaphor. 14. Everyone could tell as soon as I walked into class. I was feeling blue. A) Idiom. B) Hyperbole. C) Metaphor. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Idiom. 15. The pencil danced across the paper A) Metaphor. B) Simile. C) Hyperbole. D) Personification. E) Symbol. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Personification. 16. The way a poem looks is called A) Form. B) Stanzas. C) Lines. D) Free verse. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Form. 17. The sound of a drum in the distance attracted him. A) Personification. B) Simile. C) Hyperbole. D) Imagery. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Imagery. 18. What is known as the concrete representation of an idea by using language that can evoke the five senses? A) Specific experience. B) Figures of speech. C) Imagery. D) Diction. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Imagery. 19. The coach was as upset as a lion when his team lost the game. A) Oxymoron. B) Simile. C) Alliteration. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Simile. 20. What type of figurative language is being used in the sentence below?The actor was told to "break a leg" before entering onto the stage. A) Metaphor. B) Idiom. C) Onomatopoeia. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Idiom. 21. What type of figurative language is being used? "There is no world without Verona walls ..... " A) Hyperbole. B) Euphemism. C) Pun. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hyperbole. 22. The trees lifted their leafy arms to pray. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Personification. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Personification. 23. The clouds danced across the sky. A) Simile. B) Idiom. C) Personification. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Personification. 24. This image is an example of ..... c A) Metaphor. B) Inference. C) C. hyperbole. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) C. hyperbole. 25. Two words that have opposite or very different meanings A) Couplet. B) Imagery. C) Oxymorons. D) Limerick. 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