This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Writing Style > Figurative Language – Quiz 21 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Figurative Language Quiz 21 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. When words sound like they look or mean they are using? A) Personification. B) Analogy. C) Onomatopoeia. D) Oxymoron. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Onomatopoeia. 2. Figurative language is ..... A) Language that should be taken literal. B) Language that should not be taken literal. C) Language that tells the reader exactly what they mean. D) Language from another language. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Language that should not be taken literal. 3. Explain the meaning of the simile below.Anna cried like a baby. A) Anna was sleepy. B) Anna's cry was high-pitched. C) Anna cried for two minutes. D) Anna would not stop crying. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Anna would not stop crying. 4. Meow. A) Onomatopoeia. B) Personification. C) Alliteration. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Onomatopoeia. 5. Identify the figure of speech:I am drowning in work. A) Personification. B) Metaphor. C) Hyperbole. D) Oxymoron. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hyperbole. 6. What is the following an example of:I must have slept 100 hours last night! A) Simile. B) Proverb. C) Hyperbole. D) Pun. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hyperbole. 7. My son is such a Grinch in the morning; always grumbling about brushing his teeth and getting dressed. A) Simile. B) Allusion. C) Oxymoron. D) Idiom. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Allusion. 8. Stormy was 6 fathoms or 36 FEET TALL! This is an example of: A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Hyperbole. D) Imagery. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hyperbole. 9. "The stars in the sky winked, " is an example of what? A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Onomatopoeia. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Personification. 10. I'm so tired I could sleep for 1, 000 years. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Hyperbole. D) Idiom. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hyperbole. 11. The house was as black as night. A) Hyperbole. B) Metaphor. C) Idiom. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Simile. 12. An extreme exaggeration to make a point A) Simile. B) Alliteration. C) Hyperbole. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hyperbole. 13. The big little shrimp.What is this? A) Personifacation. B) Hyperbole. C) Oxymoron. D) Idom. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Oxymoron. 14. MARIA IS AS BEAUTIFUL AS A DAISY. A) METAPHOR. B) SIMILIE. C) PERSONIFICATION. D) ONOMATOPOEIA. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) SIMILIE. 15. DING-DONG ! A) ONOMATOPOEIA. B) SIMILIE. C) METAPHOR. D) PERSONIFICATION. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) ONOMATOPOEIA. 16. Alliteration is ..... A) An exaggerated statement not meant to be taken literally. B) A comparison using like or as. C) Repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words. D) Words that sound like their meaning. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words. 17. This form of figurative language compares two ideas using the words "like" or "as" A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Personification. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 18. "Life is like a box of chocolates" is considered what type of figurative language? A) Metaphor. B) Imagery. C) Hyperbole. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Simile. 19. Identify the figurative language in the sentence:'The wind whispered through the trees.' A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Personification. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Personification. 20. This line from the invocation "tell the story of that man skilled in all ways of contending, the wanderer, harried for years on end" characterizes Odysseus as all of the following EXCEPT A) A skilled warrior. B) A traveler. C) A man struggling to get home. D) An intelligent leader. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) An intelligent leader. 21. I could grow very still like an old stone on a hill A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Personification. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 22. A phrase that has a meaning different from its literal meaning A) Personification. B) Simile. C) Idiom. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Idiom. 23. "Boom" is an example of what? A) Metaphor. B) Personification. C) Simile. D) Onomatopoeia. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Onomatopoeia. 24. The bag of gifts weighs a ton! A) Metaphor. B) Simile. C) Hyperbole. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hyperbole. 25. "Jawn" is an example of ..... A) Alliteration. B) Hyperbole. C) Juxtaposition. D) Colloquialism. 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