This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Writing Style > Figurative Language – Quiz 42 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Figurative Language Quiz 42 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. She is as cold as ice. A) Metaphor. B) Simile. C) Personification. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Simile. 2. A phrase not meant to be taken seriously.Ex:Piece of cake A) Idiom. B) Personification. C) Symbolism. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Idiom. 3. What does the sentence below actually mean?The new iPhone costs an arm and a leg. A) The new iPhone does not cost a lot of money. B) Someone can get the new iPhone for free. C) The iPhone is expensive. D) You need to pay for the phone with your arm and leg. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The iPhone is expensive. 4. She's as tiny as a mouse is an example of what type of figurative language? A) Alliteration. B) Hyperbole. C) Oxymoron. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Simile. 5. "Chicago is a city that is as fierce as a dog with fangs." is an example of what? A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Hyperbole. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 6. The boys are two peas in a pod. A) Metaphor. B) Hyperbole. C) Simile. D) Idiom. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Metaphor. 7. "On my toes like a ballerina"-Kendrick Lamar A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Personification. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 8. We used plastic silverware at our Christmas party. A) Onomatopoeia. B) Oxymoron. C) Simile. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Oxymoron. 9. "I am a deeply superficial person." -Andy WarholWhat is the oxymoron in this sentence? A) Superficial Person. B) I am. C) Deeply Superficial. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Deeply Superficial. 10. 1) The following sentence is an example of:The sun was gone but he had left his footprints in the sky. A) Imagery. B) Metaphor. C) Personification. D) Symbol. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Personification. 11. Now that I am without you, all is desolate; All that was once so beautiful is dead A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Personification. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hyperbole. 12. What symbols can be found in the text, and what do they represent? A) Alphabetical letters. B) Punctuation marks, mathematical symbols, special characters. C) Geometric shapes. D) Colors and their meanings. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Punctuation marks, mathematical symbols, special characters. 13. A similie is a comparison of two unlike things using like or as. Please choose the one example of a similie. A) My head is busting. B) I'm as sick as a dog. C) An elephant is sitting on my chest. D) It stings when I blow my nose. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) I'm as sick as a dog. 14. This kid was a young Albert Einstein. This sentence uses: A) Onomatopoeia. B) Assonance. C) Metaphor. D) Allusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Allusion. 15. When human characteristics are given to something that is not human A) Onomatopoeia. B) Simile. C) Personification. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Personification. 16. A common, often-used saying that isn't meant to be taken literally. A) Pun. B) Idiom. C) Hyperbole. D) Oxymoron. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Idiom. 17. The boy argued like a lawyer trying to convince his mom he hadn't thrown a snowball at his brother. A) Simile. B) Idiom. C) Onomatopoeia. D) Allusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 18. What type of figurative language is an exaggeration? A) Personification. B) Hyperbole. C) Idiom. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hyperbole. 19. A "Bookworm" is a kenning referring to ..... A) Someone who reads a lot. B) Person with a clerical job. C) Environmentalist. D) Monkey. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Someone who reads a lot. 20. "The tropical storm slept for days" . This is an example of what figurative language device? A) Personification. B) Simile. C) Alliteration. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Personification. 21. "The man was a constant and steady rock." This is an example of ..... A) Simile. B) Personification. C) Metaphor. D) Style. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Metaphor. 22. The girl slept like a rock.What two things are being compared? A) The girl and sleeping. B) The girl and a rock. C) Rocks and sleeping. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The girl and a rock. 23. Buttered bacon biscuits A) Alliteration. B) Personification. C) Simile. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Alliteration. 24. The flag in the classroom waved at me. A) Idiom. B) Metaphor. C) Proverb or adage. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Personification. 25. I've been to Disneyland a million times. A) Alliteration. B) Simile. C) Hyperbole. D) Alliteration. E) Onomatopeia. 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