This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Writing Style > Figurative Language – Quiz 44 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Figurative Language Quiz 44 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What do you think the meaning of this metaphor, "Seth is a walking dictionary" is? A) Seth is tired. B) Seth knows a lot of words. C) Seth was walking around the street. D) Seth has a dictionary in his pocket everywhere he goes. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Seth knows a lot of words. 2. Is the imitation of natural sounds in word form. These words help us form mental pictures, or visualize, things, people, or places that are described. Sometimes a word names a thing or action by copying the sound. A) Alliteration. B) Onomatopoeia. C) Idiom. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Onomatopoeia. 3. His mouth was like a volcano. A) Metaphor. B) Simile. C) Hyperbole. D) Onomatopoeia. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Simile. 4. A hyperbole is A) Repeating the beginning sound in words. B) Giving human qualities to animals or objects. C) An exaggeration. D) A word that imitates the sound that it represents. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) An exaggeration. 5. Rachel is a walking encyclopedia.Which figure of speech is this? A) Metaphor. B) Personification. C) Simile. D) Idiom. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Metaphor. 6. What a pig he is when he eats A) Hyperbole. B) Metaphor. C) Simile. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 7. "The firework exploded in the air, making a big BOOM." is an example of A) Personification. B) Onomatopoeia. C) Idiom. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Onomatopoeia. 8. My mom is as smart as a dictionary A) Metaphor. B) Alliteration. C) Simile. D) Hyperbole. E) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Simile. 9. Which word is an example of onomatopoeia? A) Pour. B) Zap. C) Reach. D) Feel. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Zap. 10. 1st person A) I, me, my, mine, myself. B) You, your, yours, yourself. C) She, her, hers, herself, him, himself. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) You, your, yours, yourself. 11. The engine revved and roared. A) Personification. B) Onomatopoeia. C) Simile. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Onomatopoeia. 12. The dolphins danced and played in the waves.This is an example of which figure of speech? A) Simile. B) Personification. C) Alliteration. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Personification. 13. My brother is such a pig when he eats.What does this figurative language mean above? A) He barely eats his food. B) He is clean when he eats. C) He is sloppy when he eats. D) He needs someone to feed him. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He is sloppy when he eats. 14. What kind of figurative language is being used?Avery is a tree. A) Metaphor. B) Simile. C) Onomatopoeia. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Metaphor. 15. The use of words that imitate sounds A) Personification. B) Alliteration. C) Onomatopoeia. D) Idiom. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Onomatopoeia. 16. The phrase "bone Cage" is a kenning referring to ..... A) A roller coaster. B) Grendel's belly. C) School. D) Your body. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Your body. 17. My mouth was as dry as a bone A) Metaphor. B) Alliteration. C) Simile. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Simile. 18. When a writer compares two unlike things using "like" or "as" ? A) Personification. B) Metaphor. C) Simile. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Simile. 19. Get off her high horse A) Metaphor. B) Hyperbole. C) Alliteration. D) Idiom. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Idiom. 20. What does the sentence below actually mean?O my Love is like a red, red rose That's newly sprung in June; A) The speaker believes that roses are the most beautiful in June. B) The speaker believes that the subject is very beautiful. C) The speaker is picking roses. D) The subject of the poem is a rose. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The speaker believes that the subject is very beautiful. 21. This type of figurative language compares two unlike things and DOES NOT use like or as. A) Metaphor. B) Personification. C) Simile. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Metaphor. 22. Words or details that create a picture. A) Hyperbole. B) Imagery. C) Point of view. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Imagery. 23. This homework is going to take years to finish! A) Simile. B) Hyperbole. C) Personification. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hyperbole. 24. He did stack the piles of shingles, but almost cried when a nail bit his thumb.What figurative language does this sentence from Born Worker contain? A) Hyperbole. B) Metaphor. C) Simile. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Personification. 25. A word that imitates a sound, for example BUZZ and POP: A) Onomatopoeia. B) Simile. C) Metaphor. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Onomatopoeia. ← 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