This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Writing Style > Figurative Language – Quiz 45 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Figurative Language Quiz 45 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. My hands were as toasty as a marshmallow in the fire. A) Alliteration. B) Simile. C) Idiom. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Simile. 2. The sad student sat silently in the room. This is an example of ..... A) Alliteration. B) Onomatopoeia. C) Simile. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Alliteration. 3. Complete the Simile:As flat as a ..... A) Cake. B) Tree. C) Pancake. D) Muffin. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Pancake. 4. When the pitcher finished nine innings, he was hungry enough to eat a horse. A) Metaphor. B) Hyperbole. C) Oxymoron. D) Idiom. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hyperbole. 5. Which literary device is used in the following line? "The wind whispered through the trees" A) Metaphor. B) Personification. C) Imagery. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Personification. 6. Name the figurative language: "beauty is in the eyes of the beholder." A) Proverb. B) Adage. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Adage. 7. The moon smiled at the stars in the night sky. A) Personification. B) Hyperbole. C) Simile. D) Idiom. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Personification. 8. What is being personified in the following passage:The microwave timer told me it was time to eat my TV dinner. A) TV. B) Microwave timer. C) Dinner. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Microwave timer. 9. "Love is like a red, red rose" is BEST labeled ..... A) A simile. B) Imagery. C) Allusion. D) A metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A simile. 10. The girl was as happy as a clam with her fun outfit. A) Metaphor. B) Similie. C) Personification. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Metaphor. 11. Perspective from which a story is told.(Hint:1st person, 2nd person, 3rd person) A) Personification. B) Tone. C) Point of View. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Point of View. 12. Drip, Drop, Drip, Drop went the rain drops falling on the roof of the house A) Metaphor. B) Personification. C) Alliteration. D) Onomatopoeia. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Onomatopoeia. 13. His head is in the clouds. A) Alliteration. B) Simile. C) Hyperbole. D) Idiom. E) Onomatopeia. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Idiom. 14. Santa landed with a thump when he arrived down the chimney. A) Simile. B) Personification. C) Alliteration. D) Onomatopoeia. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Onomatopoeia. 15. The opposite of what is expected happens; a twist or paradox A) Onomatopoeia. B) Oxymoron. C) Contrast. D) Irony. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Irony. 16. The volcano spit fire and ash into the sky. A) Simile. B) Alliteration. C) Personification. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Personification. 17. The Statue of Liberty is so big, when I looked up, I almost got whiplash. A) Hyperbole. B) Personification. C) Alliteration. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hyperbole. 18. What type of figurative language is used in the poem below? 'Hope' is the thing with feathers-That perches in the soul-And sings the tune without the words-And never stops-at all A) Metaphor. B) Simile. C) Personification. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Metaphor. 19. Read the sentence. Which type of figurative language is it?Zether's was like a chipmunk face to face with a mountain lion. A) Simile. B) Hyperbole. C) Metaphor. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 20. What do you think the meaning of this metaphor, "She is a walking dictionary" is? A) Was is tired. B) She knows a lot of words. C) She was walks around the street. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) She knows a lot of words. 21. What technique is being used in the following passage:He is like a monster when he plays sports. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Personification. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 22. The fragrance of spring flowers made her joyful. A) Hyperbole. B) Imagery. C) Five senses. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Imagery. 23. Since it is the weekend, Christian decided to take it easy and not do any work. A) Idiom. B) Metaphor. C) Hyperbole. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Idiom. 24. Mrs. Rose is an angel. A) Personification. B) Simile. C) Hyperbole. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Metaphor. 25. A comparison of two unlike things without using like or as is which type of figurative language? A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Hyperbole. D) Idiom. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. ← 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