This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Writing Style > Figurative Language – Quiz 35 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Figurative Language Quiz 35 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What is the meaning of the personification in the sentence below?The cold snowflakes kissed her cheeks. A) The snow was heavy and falling hard. B) The snow was falling lightly on her face. C) The snowflakes were kissing people all around. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The snow was falling lightly on her face. 2. I will not have you, in one night, besmirching that name by behaving like a babbling, bumbling band of baboons A) Alliteration. B) Simile. C) Allusion. D) Idiom. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Alliteration. 3. This sentence is an example of what: "I feel as happy as a puppy rolling around in the grass." A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Onomatopoeia. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 4. When two or more words that start with the same sound are used repeatedly in a phrase. A) Onomatopoeia. B) Personification. C) Simile. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Alliteration. 5. The fire roared to life A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 6. Comparing to unlike things by saying that one thing is another thing. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Allusion. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 7. "The sunlight kissed her head as the gentle breeze whispered in her ear." This is an example of ..... A) Rhythm. B) Structure. C) Style. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Personification. 8. Dawn is like a seedthat will grow into daylight.This is an example of: A) Metaphor. B) Simile. C) Alliteration. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Simile. 9. The comic book superhero Spider-Man possesses a Spidey sense that warns him of trouble that's coming his way. What is the meaning of the ALLUSION in the sentence below? Luther picked up his pace on the trail as his Spidey sense began to tingle. A) Sense of smell. B) Sense of danger. C) Sense of wonder. D) Sense of pride. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sense of danger. 10. "I feel as happy as a puppy rolling around in the grass" is an example of ..... A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Onomatopoeia. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 11. A black bug bit a big black bear. A) Hyperbole. B) Personificatiion. C) Onomatopoeia. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Alliteration. 12. A comparison of two unlike things that have something in common.NO like or as. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Onomatopoeia. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 13. "When pigs fly" is an example of which type of figurative language? A) Alliteration. B) Metaphor. C) Idiom. D) Onomatopoeia. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Idiom. 14. Opportunity was knocking at his door. A) Hyperbole. B) Alliteration. C) Onomatopoeia. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Personification. 15. Defne Personification A) Sound word. B) Giving an inanimate object, animal, or abstract concept human qualities. C) A comparison of two dissimilar items without using like, as, or than. D) A play on words to produce a humorous effect. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Giving an inanimate object, animal, or abstract concept human qualities. 16. Vivian noticed the moon playing peek-a-boo with the clouds A) Simile. B) Hyperbole. C) Personification. D) Idiom. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Personification. 17. "The whole world was staring at me!" This sentence is an example of ..... A) Alliteration. B) Hyperbole. C) Imagery. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hyperbole. 18. The tree leaves danced in the wind. A) Metaphor. B) Simile. C) Alliteration. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Personification. 19. A mild or indirect word or expression substituted for one considered to be too harsh or blunt when referring to something unpleasant or embarrassing. A) Alliteration. B) Euphemism. C) Analogy. D) Idiom. E) Onomatopeia. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Euphemism. 20. As slow as a sloth A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Noun. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 21. What is the definition of personification? A) Extreme kind of exaggeration in speech. B) Is a figure of speech in which a part of something is used to signify the whole, or vice-versa. C) A figure of speech in which an idea or thing is given human attributes and/or feelings or is spoken of as if it were human. D) Defined as a word which imitates the natural sounds of a thing. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A figure of speech in which an idea or thing is given human attributes and/or feelings or is spoken of as if it were human. 22. What is the following sentence an example of:That girl is as sneaky as a snake! A) Metaphor. B) Simile. C) Pun. D) Proverb. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Simile. 23. Autum is as fast as lightening. A) Metaphor. B) Simile. C) Personification. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Simile. 24. I nearly died laughing is an example of what? A) Metaphor. B) Assonance. C) Alliteration. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hyperbole. 25. "Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers (a) '' is an example of what? A) Repetition. B) A. Alliteration. C) Onomatopoeia. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A. Alliteration. ← 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