This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Writing Style > Figurative Language – Quiz 14 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Figurative Language Quiz 14 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. It feels like forever until summer! A) Allusion. B) Hyperbole. C) Personification. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hyperbole. 2. My backpack weighs a ton! A) Simile. B) Hyperbole. C) Personification. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hyperbole. 3. My friend and I got lost in the corn maze, and we wandered around forever before we finally escaped. Which phrase from the sentence is the hyperbole? A) Lost in the corn maze. B) Wandered around forever. C) Finally escaped. D) My friend and I got lost. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Wandered around forever. 4. Which word is an onomatopoeia in the sentence below?The glass crashed onto the floor. A) Crashed. B) Glass. C) Floor. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Crashed. 5. Squish, splash were the sounds of my feet crashing through the leaves to the wet ground below. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Personification. D) Onomatopoeia. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Onomatopoeia. 6. Ana is as slow as molasses in the mornings.What does this figurative language mean? A) Ana is moving fast. B) Ana is not moving. C) Ana moves very slow. D) Ana is sitting down. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ana moves very slow. 7. Don't get so worked up, buddy. She's only pulling your leg. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Proverb/adage. D) Idiom. E) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Idiom. 8. Which figure of speech is used in the sentence:'Her eyes were sparkling diamonds'?a) Simileb) Metaphorc) Personificationd) Hyperbole A) Simile. B) Personification. C) Hyperbole. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Metaphor. 9. Comparing 2 things NOT using like or as. (Hint:uses "was" ) A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Tone. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 10. A metaphor compares A) Different types of animals. B) Two things without using "like" or "as". C) Two things using "like" or "as". D) An exaggeration. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Two things without using "like" or "as". 11. The baby slept as quiet as a mouse.What is this an example of? A) Simile. B) Allusion. C) Metaphor. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 12. America is a melting pot. A) Hyperbole. B) Metaphor. C) Simile. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 13. What type of figurative language is this??The ocean called my name. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Personification. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Personification. 14. Comparing two objects using like or as A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Idiom. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 15. The ice sculptor's hands fluttered like hummingbird wings. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Hyperbole. D) Alliteration. E) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 16. Katelyn didn't realize anyone was in the room while she was singing. "Don't stop, Beyonce, " said her mom. "You sound great!" A) Idiom. B) Hyperbole. C) Simile. D) Allusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Allusion. 17. The leaves skipped across the ground. A) Personification. B) Idiom. C) Metaphor. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Personification. 18. Rachel is a walking encyclopedia. A) Metaphor. B) Personification. C) Simile. D) Idiom. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Metaphor. 19. Eight eleves snick into every present on Evergreen Street. A) Hyperbole. B) Alliteration. C) Simile. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Alliteration. 20. A simile COMPARES 2 things using the words ..... or ..... A) And, or. B) Like, as. C) And, like. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Like, as. 21. When a phrase conveys a figurative meaning that is difficult or impossible to understand based only on its literal interpretation. A) Idiom. B) Oxymoron. C) Allusion. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Idiom. 22. What kind of figurative language is being used?The bus hit a tree and went boom as it exploded. A) Onomatopoeia. B) Imagery. C) Simile. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Onomatopoeia. 23. What is the meaning of the following statement?The stars were diamonds in the nighttime sky. A) The stars are expensive. B) The stars are not out tonight. C) The stars were bright and sparkling. D) It is almost night time. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The stars were bright and sparkling. 24. The elderly woman who was thrown from the train was having a rough morning. A) Hyperbole. B) Understatement. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Understatement. 25. What type of figurative language is shown?While working, write your wackiest words down. A) Metaphor. B) Simile. C) Alliteration. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Alliteration. ← 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