This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Writing Style > Figurative Language – Quiz 41 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Figurative Language Quiz 41 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The snow danced around in the wind. A) Metaphor. B) Personification. C) Simile. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Personification. 2. Which song lyrics contain a simile? A) Half of my heart is in Havana. B) I found a woman, stronger than anyone I know. C) I am titanium. D) Falling like ashes to the ground. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Falling like ashes to the ground. 3. Which sentence is an example of hyperbole? A) I'm so hungry I could eat a horse. B) The flowers danced in the breeze. C) The classroom was a zoo. D) The thunder grumbled like an old man. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) I'm so hungry I could eat a horse. 4. Name the figurative language: "many moons passed before March arrived." A) Personification. B) Alliteration. C) Onomatopoeia. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Alliteration. 5. A comparison in which one thing is said to be another A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Idiom. D) Proverb/adage. E) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 6. Figurative or LiteralThe car is not working properly. A) Figurative Language. B) Literal Meaning. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Literal Meaning. 7. What type of figurative language being used in the following sentence?It took me 100 years to finish my homework last night. A) Hyperbole. B) Simile. C) Personification. D) Idiom. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hyperbole. 8. The waves are racing towards the shore. A) PERSONIFICATION. B) SIMILE. C) ONOMATOPOEIA. D) HYPERBOLE. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) PERSONIFICATION. 9. She sells sea shells by the seashore is an example of: A) Metaphor. B) Alliteration. C) Simile. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Alliteration. 10. What technique is being used in the following passage:The water opened its arms and invited them in. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Personification. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Personification. 11. Is a comparison using like or as. It usually compares two unlike objects. A) Similie. B) Metaphor. C) Idiom. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Similie. 12. Type of sound device in which two or more nearby words have the same beginning sound: A) Idiom. B) Alliteration. C) Hyperbole. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Alliteration. 13. "Kevin tripping in the hallway was seriously funny." A) Colloquialism. B) Idiom. C) Oxymoron. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Oxymoron. 14. My dad is a bear without his coffee A) Simile. B) Hyperbole. C) Personification. D) Symbol. E) Onomatopoeia. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hyperbole. 15. I am dying of shame is an example of ..... A) Metaphor. B) Personification. C) Simile. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hyperbole. 16. What type of figurative language is being used in the quote?"Jack was a bulldozer on the football field." A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Alliteration. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 17. Chrystal is a kind girl. She has a heart of gold. A) Proverb or adage. B) Simile. C) Metaphor. D) Idiom. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Metaphor. 18. An epic hero embodies the values of the civilization. Odysseus portrays of the following values EXCEPT A) Bravery. B) Intelligence. C) Hospitality. D) Leadership. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hospitality. 19. Sunny is to happy as rainy is to sad. This is an example of what? A) Imagery. B) Metaphor. C) Connotation. D) Analogy. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Analogy. 20. The vantage point from which a story is told. A) Juxtapostion. B) Allusion. C) Point of view. D) Tone. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Point of view. 21. After its trip to a muddy pumpkin patch, our truck was happy to have a bath. What object is being given human characteristics in this example of personification? A) Mud. B) A pumpkin patch. C) A truck. D) A bath. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A truck. 22. "The wind howled through the trees" A) Personification. B) Oxymoron. C) Allusion. D) Juxtaposition. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Personification. 23. An expression peculiar to a particular language that means something different from the literal meaning of the words. A) Alliteration. B) Euphemism. C) Analogy. D) Idiom. E) Onomatopeia. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Idiom. 24. Bang, Buzz, and Boom are all examples of ..... A) Personification. B) Metaphor. C) Idiom. D) Onomatopoeia. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Onomatopoeia. 25. Alliteration is the repetition of a ..... ..... at the beginning of a series of words. A) Consonant letter. B) Consonant sound. C) Vowel letter. D) Vowel sound. 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