This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Writing Style > Figurative Language – Quiz 3 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Figurative Language Quiz 3 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. I am so hungry I could eat a cow. This figure of speech is ..... A) Hyperbole. B) Simile. C) Metaphor. D) Imagery. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hyperbole. 2. I'm so tired I could sleep for a year A) Alliteration. B) Simile. C) Hyperbole. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hyperbole. 3. What type of figurative language is this ..... "Smack!" , my flower pot hit the ground. A) Onomatopoeia. B) Metaphor. C) Hyperbole. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Onomatopoeia. 4. What kind of figurative language is being used?Pasqually cried like a baby after he ate too much pasta. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Alliteration. D) Imagery. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 5. The pig squealed when it saw the dog. A) Personification. B) Onomatopeia. C) Simile. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Onomatopeia. 6. The owl hooted in the tree. The word hooted is an example of ..... A) An onomatopoeia. B) A similie. C) A metaphor. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) An onomatopoeia. 7. "Way to go, Derek Jeter, " the coach yelled to Grayson when he finished running the bases after his home run. A) Hyperbole. B) Personification. C) Simile. D) Allusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Allusion. 8. The phrase "battle Sweat" is a kenning referring to ..... A) Blood. B) Body Odor. C) Dirt. D) Water. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Blood. 9. "I had so much homework, I needed a pickup truck to carry all my books home!" What type of figurative language is used here? A) Metaphor. B) Simile. C) Personification. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hyperbole. 10. I have told you a million times not to lie! A) Hyperbole. B) Alliteration. C) Metaphor. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hyperbole. 11. What type of figurative language is shown?I have told you a million times not to do that! A) Personification. B) Alliteration. C) Hyperbole. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hyperbole. 12. An idiom is a group of words which mean something different from its actual meaning. Example:That is just a drop in the bucket. A) Idiom. B) Alliteration. C) Hyperbole. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Idiom. 13. The water was so cold that I almost froze to death! A) Personification. B) Metaphor. C) Onomatopoeia. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hyperbole. 14. Explain the meaning of the personification below.The trees danced in the wind. A) The trees were falling down. B) The trees were swaying back and forth. C) The wind was really loud. D) The trees were doing the griddy. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The trees were swaying back and forth. 15. The book cried when nobody checked it out from the library. A) Simile. B) Hyperbole. C) Metaphor. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Personification. 16. Juana's dark eyes swam like fish behind her tinted glasses. What is being compared in this simile? A) Eyes-glasses. B) Eyes-fish. C) Fish-glasses. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Eyes-fish. 17. Silly Sally swam so smoothly' is an example of: A) Onomatopoeia. B) Metaphor. C) Alliteration. D) Idiom. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Alliteration. 18. "Hold your horses!" said Mom as I reached for a cupcake. "I still need to add the frosting!" What is the meaning of this idiom? A) Stop or wait. B) Saying you're sorry. C) Eat some more. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Stop or wait. 19. Sally sells sea shells by the sea shore A) Idiom. B) Metaphor. C) Personification. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Alliteration. 20. I'm so tired, I wish I could sleep forever. A) Personification. B) Onomatopoeia. C) Hyperbole. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hyperbole. 21. Destiny doubted Darcie dared go to the haunted house with her. A) Simile. B) Onomatopoeia. C) Alliteration. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Alliteration. 22. The following is an example of which literary device?She awoke to the chirping of birds and the soft whisper of a breeze as it passed through the tree outside her window. A) Rhyme Scheme. B) Imagery. C) Simile. D) Onomatopoeia. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Imagery. 23. My boyfriend is the greatest most spectacular being in the history of the whole entire world. A) PERSONIFICATION. B) HYPERBOLE. C) ONOMATOPOEIA. D) SIMILE. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) HYPERBOLE. 24. Calyssa crunched cookies into crumbs. A) Hyperbole. B) Alliteration. C) Simile. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Alliteration. 25. Identify the correct definition for a METAPHOR A) Giving human-like qualities to non-human objects. B) Comparing 2 objects using "like" or "as". C) A play on words. D) Comparing 2 objects using a form of "IS". Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Comparing 2 objects using a form of "IS". ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesGrammar QuizzesFigurative Language Quiz 1Figurative Language Quiz 2Figurative Language Quiz 4Figurative Language Quiz 5Figurative Language Quiz 6Figurative Language Quiz 7Figurative Language Quiz 8Figurative Language Quiz 9Figurative Language Quiz 10 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books