This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Writing Style > Figurative Language – Quiz 40 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Figurative Language Quiz 40 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Choose the best definition for the term inference: A) A planner or opinion that is reached because of known facts or evidence. B) A conclusion or opinion that is reached because of known facts or evidence. C) A conclusion or opinion that is reached because of known files or evidence. D) A conclusion or nothing that is reached because of known facts or evidence. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A conclusion or opinion that is reached because of known facts or evidence. 2. The mouse danced through the forest.What type of figurative language is this sentence? A) Personification. B) Idiom. C) Metaphor. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Personification. 3. Kyle played his music loud enough to shatter windows. A) Hyperbole. B) Idiom. C) Onomatopoeia. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hyperbole. 4. Several lines grouped together in a poem A) Line. B) Stanza. C) Poetry. D) Repetition. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Stanza. 5. The main idea, topic, or subject of a poem. A) Imagery. B) Metaphor. C) Theme. D) Verse. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Theme. 6. "Hello from the other sideI must have called a thousand times."Is an example of ..... A) Hyperbole. B) Symbols. C) Onomatopoeia. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hyperbole. 7. These words are examples of what:Boom! Bang! A) Personification. B) Onomatopoeia. C) Alliteration. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Onomatopoeia. 8. What is the figurative language AND how do you know?"Those best friends are two peas in a pod." A) Simile; I know because it compares best friends to a pod. B) Alliteration; I know because it repeats the letter "P". C) Personification; I know because it gives human traits to the peas. D) Metaphor; I know because it compares best friends to two peas in a pod. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Metaphor; I know because it compares best friends to two peas in a pod. 9. What type of figurative language is used in these lines from Annabel Lee?"And this maiden she lived with no other thoughtThan to love and be loved by me." A) Personification. B) Hyperbole. C) Alliteration. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hyperbole. 10. The ..... are in the middle aisle next to the vegetables. A) Boxed fish. B) Frozen fish. C) Large fish. D) Pre-cooked fish. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Frozen fish. 11. Which of these is an Onomatopoeia? A) "It's raining cats and dogs!". B) "That girl is just a little ray of sunshine". C) "Pop!". D) "You're as cold as ice!". Show Answer Correct Answer: C) "Pop!". 12. Lisa's lizards were leaping on her lawnchair. A) Hyperbole. B) Alliteration. C) Onomatopoeia. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Alliteration. 13. Sarah was so quiet that she had an absent presence. A) Simile. B) Oxymoron. C) Personification. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Oxymoron. 14. '' A comparison between 2 unlike things without using 'like' or 'as' ". The definition of? A) Metaphor. B) Simile. C) Personification. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Simile. 15. That man is older than the hills! A) Hyperbole. B) Onomatopoeia. C) Allusion. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hyperbole. 16. Dying of Laughter A) Personification. B) Metaphor. C) Hyperbole. D) Idiom. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hyperbole. 17. Which figurative language is an exaggeration that is so dramatic, no one would believe it? A) Metaphor. B) Hyperbole. C) Analogy. D) Oxymoron. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hyperbole. 18. What type of figurative language is used in the sentence:'The classroom was a zoo during recess.'? A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Personification. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 19. It was the biggest pimple in the whole world. There was no way I was going to school ever again in my life. A) Personification. B) Hyperbole. C) Simile. D) Onomatopoeia. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hyperbole. 20. This figurative language compares two things using like or as A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Personification. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 21. What is a language that uses words in ways that shift from their literal interpretation to achieve a more complex or powerful effect A) Figurative Language. B) Literal Language. C) Imagery. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Figurative Language. 22. When two things are compared using like or as A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Idiom. D) Proverb/adage. E) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 23. This type of figurative language uses words that start with the same sound in a sentence or phrase. A) Metaphor. B) Alliteration. C) Simile. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Alliteration. 24. PersonificationWhen you give human qualities or abilities to an object or animal.Example: "Once there was a tree, and she loved a little boy." ( "The Giving Tree" by Shel Silverstein) A) Personification is giving human qualities to non-human things. B) Personification is a metaphor. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Personification is giving human qualities to non-human things. 25. Name the form of FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE used:Sivan listened to the constant chatter of the third-graders as they raced across the playground. A) Personification. B) Hyperbole. C) Onomatoepia. D) Simile. 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