This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Writing Style > Figurative Language – Quiz 32 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Figurative Language Quiz 32 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The surf surged up as the sun swept the shore. A) Simile. B) Alliteration. C) Personification. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Alliteration. 2. Mary's voice is music to my ears. A) Idiom. B) Personification. C) Metaphor. D) Proverb or adage. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Metaphor. 3. An imaginative comparison between two unlike things in which one thing is said to be another thing. A) Figures of Speech. B) Hyperbole. C) Metaphor. D) Personification. E) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Metaphor. 4. The candle flame danced in the dark. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Hyperbole. D) Alliteration. E) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Personification. 5. Words used to involve one or more of the readers's five senses. A) Imagery. B) Idiom. C) Oxymororn. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Imagery. 6. Words that make noises or actions: A) Onomatopoeia. B) Hyperbole. C) Alliteration. D) Idiom. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Onomatopoeia. 7. A comparison of two different things without using "like" or "as" A) Hyperbole. B) Metaphor. C) Allusion. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 8. ..... the sound of the rain falling in tons and avalanches, everywhere and forever. A) Personification. B) Alliteration. C) Hyperbole. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hyperbole. 9. Giving human characteristics to inanimate objects, ideas, or animals. A) Metaphor. B) Onomatopoeia. C) Personification. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Personification. 10. His voice is music to my ears. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 11. We had to wait forever! A) Metaphor. B) Hyperbole. C) Personification. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hyperbole. 12. What makes a comparison between two unrelated things stating that one thing is like another thing. A) Metaphor. B) Simile. C) Personification. D) Irony. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Simile. 13. Which object is this sentence describing?"The burning ball of fire rose every morning at the same time spreading light in every direction" A) Saturn. B) Earth. C) Moon. D) Sun. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sun. 14. Name the figurative language: "the cereal popped and cracked in my bowl." A) Idiom. B) Alliteration. C) Onomatopoeia. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Onomatopoeia. 15. An expression that cannot be understood by the meaning of its words is an example of what type of figurative language? A) Onomatopoeia. B) Hyperbole. C) Idiom. D) Cliche. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Idiom. 16. Repeating the beginning sound in words is A) Personification. B) Onomatopoeia. C) Hyperbole. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Alliteration. 17. Which sentence contains an example of a SIMILE? A) His words were like a soothing balm to her heart. B) Love is a battlefield. C) She is the apple of my eye. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) His words were like a soothing balm to her heart. 18. A humorous 5-line poem with an AABBA rhyme Pattern ..... A) Symbolism. B) Theme. C) Meter. D) Limerick. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Limerick. 19. "Wham!" is an example of what? A) Onomatopoeia. B) Simile. C) Metaphor. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Onomatopoeia. 20. Jane jumped joyfully. A) Oxymoron. B) Repetition. C) Contrast. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Alliteration. 21. What literary device is being used? "It is the East, and Juliet is the sun!" A) Personification. B) Alliteration. C) Metaphor. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Metaphor. 22. Her messy room was a disaster zone A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Idiom. D) A. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 23. Discuss how hyperbole is used in the text. What is its purpose? A) Hyperbole is used to create emphasis and evoke strong emotions. B) Hyperbole is used to provide factual information. C) Hyperbole serves to confuse the reader. D) Hyperbole is used to downplay the significance of events. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hyperbole is used to create emphasis and evoke strong emotions. 24. "The leaves danced in the wind" A) Hyperbole. B) Simile. C) Personification. D) Allitaration. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Personification. 25. What does the following sentence mean:The hamburger was a brick in my stomach A) The hamburger was delicious. B) The hamburger was heavy. C) The hamburger was light. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The hamburger was delicious. ← 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