This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Writing Style > Figurative Language – Quiz 19 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Figurative Language Quiz 19 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. "The scent of sweet hibiscus wafting through the air, its tropical smell a reminder that she was on vacation" appeals to which sense? A) Sight. B) Smell. C) Taste. D) Hearing. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Smell. 2. What is where an author gives human qualities to non-human things such as animals or objects? A) Hyperbole. B) Personification. C) Simile. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Personification. 3. The football player ran like a cheetah down the field to score a touchdown. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Personification. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 4. True or False:The following line is an idiom:"My Fortnite game is calling my name to come play it!" A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 5. That boxer's head is as hard as rock. A) Metaphor. B) Simile. C) Personification. D) Proverb or adage. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Simile. 6. Which of these is an example of personification? A) The lightning struck a building. B) The lightning was bright. C) The lightning danced across the sky. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The lightning danced across the sky. 7. I was so excited for the weekend that school on Friday took an eternity.What is this an example of? A) Hyperbole. B) Allusion. C) Metaphor. D) Idiom. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hyperbole. 8. Define Pun A) Sound word. B) A play on words to produce a humorous effect. C) A comparison of two dissimilar items using like, as, or than. D) Two opposite ideas coming together to create an effect. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A play on words to produce a humorous effect. 9. Life is a highway. A) Metaphor. B) Simile. C) Personification. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Metaphor. 10. A point by point comparison made between two things to show how they are alike. A) Alliteration. B) Euphemism. C) Analogy. D) Idiom. E) Onomatopeia. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Analogy. 11. What is an intentional exaggeration of the truth, used to emphasize the importance of something or to create a comic effect A) Hyperbole. B) Personification. C) Metaphor. D) Figurative Language. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hyperbole. 12. Giving human characteristics to nonhuman object or animals is an example of what type of figurative language? A) Personification. B) Onomatopoeia. C) Hyperbole. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Personification. 13. Explain the meaning of the metaphor below.Todd is a walking dictionary! A) Todd knows the meaning of many words. B) Todd looks like a dictionary. C) Todd has a dictionary with him. D) Todd is actually a dictionary. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Todd knows the meaning of many words. 14. Identify the sentence that uses personification:a) The flowers danced in the wind.b) The car zoomed down the highway.c) The raindrops fell softly on the roof.d) The stars twinkled in the night sky. A) D. B) B. C) A. D) C. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A. 15. Name the figurative language: "he was a gazelle running smoothly through the woods." A) Metaphor. B) Simile. C) Idiom. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Metaphor. 16. Read the sentence. Which type of figurative language is it?The wrinkles in the old man's face appeared deep enough for hills and mountains to hide. A) Simile. B) Hyperbole. C) Metaphor. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hyperbole. 17. The drive to Disney World will last forever if I have to be stuck in the backseat with my pesky little sister. A) Personification. B) Hyperbole. C) Simile. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hyperbole. 18. Identify the figurative language technique that matches the following definition.A PLAY ON WORDS A) Idiom. B) Hyperbole. C) Personification. D) Pun. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Pun. 19. The lightning danced across the sky during the storm. A) Metaphor. B) Simile. C) Personification. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Personification. 20. A direct comparison of two things A) Metaphor. B) Simile. C) Personification. D) Alliteration. E) Onomatopoeia. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Metaphor. 21. Piece of cake A) Idiom. B) Metaphor. C) Simile. D) Homophone. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Idiom. 22. "My dad is a bear when he sleeps" is an example of what? A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Hyperbole. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 23. The evening melted away like a snowflake. A) Personification. B) Metaphor. C) Hyperbole. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Simile. 24. The repetition of the same letter at the beginning of a word A) Metaphor. B) Simile. C) Personification. D) Alliteration. E) Onomatopoeia. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Alliteration. 25. A comparison using like or as is which type of figurative language? A) Metaphor. B) Assonance. C) Onomatopoeia. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Simile. ← 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