This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Writing Style > Figurative Language – Quiz 20 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Figurative Language Quiz 20 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. A concrete object that stands in for an abstract idea. A) Symbol. B) Simile. C) Mood. D) Theme. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Symbol. 2. She is as fast as lightening is an example of a ..... A) Metaphor. B) Simile. C) Personification. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Simile. 3. The sleigh was as quick as lightning A) Alliteration. B) Simile. C) Metaphor. D) Allusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Simile. 4. The trees danced is an example of ..... A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Hyperbole. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Personification. 5. What is the allusion?If they keep pushing me, I'm going to turn into the Hulk. A) Keep pushing me. B) Me. C) Turn into. D) The Hulk. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The Hulk. 6. This line from Book 1 introduces which of the following themes, "You need not bear this insolence of theirs, you are a child no longer" ? A) A boy must struggle to become a man. B) A soldier must struggle to get home from war. C) A queen must use wit to stay faithful. D) A king must struggle to reclaim his kingdom. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A boy must struggle to become a man. 7. Time is a friend and an enemy at times. A) Onomatopoeia. B) Metaphor. C) Simile. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 8. THE NEWS TRAVELED QUICKLY. A) METAPHOR. B) SIMILIE. C) PERSONIFICATION. D) ONOMATOPOEIA. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) PERSONIFICATION. 9. Ms. Taylor has a truckload of paperwork to do before she can go home. A) Literal. B) Figurative. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Figurative. 10. Which sentence contains an example of an ALLITERATION? A) She sells seashells by the seashore. B) Time flies when you're having fun. C) Out of the frying pan and into the fire. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) She sells seashells by the seashore. 11. This is an example of which of the following:Ms. Taylor is as wise as an owl. A) Metaphor. B) Personification. C) Simile. D) Symbolism. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Simile. 12. Name the form of FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE used:Ben was a human calculator, finishing all of his equations in under five minutes! A) Simile. B) Personification. C) Antonym. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Metaphor. 13. Read these lines from a poem:"the stars talk away the night" is an example of ..... A) Simile. B) Hyperbole. C) Personification. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Personification. 14. My teeth were chattering as we waited in the freezing cold. A) Hyperbole. B) Metaphor. C) Simile. D) Onomatopoeia. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Onomatopoeia. 15. Identify the sentence that does NOT contain an IDIOM. A) Her wrist was red after her brother grabbed her arm and squeezed it. B) My mom has a green thumb and can make any plant grow. C) He was very blue when his girlfriend broke up with him. D) She told a little white lie to make her grandma happy. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Her wrist was red after her brother grabbed her arm and squeezed it. 16. What type of figurative language is being used in the sentence below?Maggie makes Max match many marbles. A) Onomatopoeia. B) Simile. C) Alliteration. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Alliteration. 17. Freddy French fired five fabulous free throws. A) Simile. B) Alliteration. C) Metaphor. D) Oxymoron. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Alliteration. 18. A line of a poem. A) Meter. B) Stanza. C) Verse. D) Haiku. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Verse. 19. What is referred as the choice of words in a literary work to convey action, reveal character, imply attitudes, identify themes, and suggest values? A) Specific experience. B) Figures of speech. C) Imagery. D) Diction. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Diction. 20. Julie's smile is like a warm ray of sunshine. A) Metaphor. B) Simile. C) Alliteration. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Simile. 21. I played Fortnite until my fingers fell off! A) Idiom. B) Personification. C) Simile. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hyperbole. 22. The sun gently kissed me as I hiked A) Alliteration. B) Simile. C) Metaphor. D) Personficiation. E) Onomatopeia. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Personficiation. 23. This compares two, unlike things by saying that one thing is another. A) Personification. B) Simile. C) Metaphor. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Metaphor. 24. What involves words or phrases that appeal to the five senses? A) Rhythm. B) Rhyme. C) Imagery. D) Onomatopoeia. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Imagery. 25. "The sunshine threw his hat away." is an example of what? A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Alliteration. D) Personification. 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