This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Writing Style > Figurative Language – Quiz 37 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Figurative Language Quiz 37 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. ..... is the representation of objects, actions, and ideas in a way that appeals to one of the ..... senses. A) Imagery; four. B) Allusion; four. C) Imagery; five. D) Allusion; five. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Imagery; five. 2. What figurative language gives human qualities to animals or objects? A) Allusion. B) Simile. C) Personification. D) Onomatopoeia. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Personification. 3. We saw the dolphin swimming silently in the serene sea. A) Simile. B) Hyperbole. C) Alliteration. D) Onomatopoeia. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Alliteration. 4. Is intentionally exaggerated figures of speech. A) Tone. B) Similie. C) Hyperbole. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hyperbole. 5. "He led the way, and Pallas Athena followed into the lofty hall." A) Epithet. B) Imagery. C) Personification. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Epithet. 6. What kind of figurative language is being used?I was so tired after school, I slept for a month! A) Hyperbole. B) Simile. C) Alliteration. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hyperbole. 7. The athlete was a cool as a cucumber, as she prepared for the big game. A) Metaphor. B) Simile. C) Personification. D) Idiom. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Simile. 8. Giving human traits to non living things A) Onomatopoeia. B) Simile. C) Personification. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Personification. 9. Hold your horses! A) Simile. B) Hyperbole. C) Onomatopoeia. D) Idiom. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Idiom. 10. I bombed the Biology test. I wish had studied harder for it.What does this mean? A) I passed the test. B) I failed the test. C) I forgot I had a test. D) I was absent for the test. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) I failed the test. 11. Repeating the same consonant at the beginning of words is A) Repetition. B) Alliteration. C) Personification. D) Rhythm. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Alliteration. 12. This type of figurative language describes something inhuman as if it were human, giving it human characteristics (e.g. Sadness seized me in its clutches) A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Personification. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Personification. 13. Identify the type of figurative language being used:"We waited in line all day" . A) Personification. B) Hyperbole. C) Metaphor. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hyperbole. 14. His present stacked sky-high! A) Hyperbole. B) Alliteration. C) Simile. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hyperbole. 15. What takes non-human things and describes them as having human attributes A) Metaphor. B) Pun. C) Personification. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Personification. 16. Which is the best example of alliteration? A) Only three girls came to the picnic. B) She wants to see that movie. C) I like popcorn, peanuts, and Pepsi when I watch movies. D) The sun was in my eyes all day and I got a headache!. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) I like popcorn, peanuts, and Pepsi when I watch movies. 17. The palm trees were dancing in the wind A) Personification. B) Alliteration. C) Hyperbole. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Personification. 18. A comparison between 2 unlike things using 'like' or 'as' A) Personification. B) Simile. C) Metaphor. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Simile. 19. Rhythmical patterns of stressed and unstressed syllables. A) Theme. B) Rhyme Pattern. C) Meter. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Meter. 20. Repetition of parts of phrases, clauses or sentences with the same pattern A) Parallel Structure. B) Contrast. C) Oxymoron. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Parallel Structure. 21. Giving human qualities to animals or objects is (a) A) Simile. B) Alliteration. C) Hyperbole. D) A. personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A. personification. 22. It is going to take me a million years to write this essay. A) Personification. B) Idiom. C) Hyperbole. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hyperbole. 23. Which figurative language gives human traits to non-human objects? A) Metaphor. B) Personification. C) Alliteration. D) Hyperbole. E) Onomatopoeia. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Personification. 24. Choose the type of figurative language used in the following sentence:The monstrous German Shepherd lurched to its feet after hearing the screeching sound of the car tires. (a) A) A. imagery. B) Metaphor. C) Hyperbole. D) Oxymoron. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A. imagery. 25. Which is an example of hyperbole? A) I walked 2 miles. B) I jumped higher than the moon. C) I swam 20 laps. D) None of the above. 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