This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Writing Style > Figurative Language – Quiz 46 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Figurative Language Quiz 46 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Break a leg A) Metaphor. B) Alliteration. C) Hyperbole. D) Idiom. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Idiom. 2. "He could stare into her eyes for a thousand years." is an example of what? A) Personification. B) Simile. C) Hyperbole. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hyperbole. 3. The fire hungrily devoured everything in its path. A) Personification. B) Metaphor. C) Idiom. D) Allusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Personification. 4. The comic book superhero Spider-Man possesses a spidey sense that warns him of impending trouble.What is the meaning of the allusion in the sentence below?Luther picked up his pace on the trail as his spidey sense began to tingle. A) Sense of smell. B) Sense of danger. C) Sense of wonder. D) Sense of pride. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sense of danger. 5. Mist made the sidewalks glisten like glass under the streetlights. Which of the following sentences changes the above simile to a metaphor? A) Mist made the sidewalks glisten under the streetlights. B) In the mist, the sidewalks were glass glistening under the streetlights. C) The sidewalks glistened like misty glass. D) Under the streetlights, the sidewalks looked misty. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) In the mist, the sidewalks were glass glistening under the streetlights. 6. Shine bright like a diamond. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Alliteration. D) Imagery. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 7. Colourful candy canes blanketed the Christmas tree. A) Metaphor. B) Simile. C) Alliteration. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Alliteration. 8. "Swoosh, " the ball passed the net. What type of figurative language is used in this sentence? A) Personification. B) Metaphor. C) Onomatopoeia. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Onomatopoeia. 9. A figure of speech that gives human-like characteristicsto an abstract idea or non-human thingis called A) Couplet. B) Personification. C) Onomatopoeia. D) Cenquin. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Personification. 10. The hockey player lost his control when the puck ran across the ice. A) Oxymoron. B) Personification. C) Simile. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Personification. 11. This type of figurative language, often found in graphic novels and comics, is created when a word sounds like the noise that it makes. A) Hyperbole. B) Onomatopoeia. C) Idiom. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Onomatopoeia. 12. He is the only honest thief. A) PARADOX. B) OXYMORON. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) OXYMORON. 13. The plates danced on the shelves during the earthquakeis an example of: A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Personification. D) Onomatopoeia. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Personification. 14. This homework will take me forever!Is an example of: A) Hyperbole. B) Simile. C) Metaphor. D) Allusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hyperbole. 15. "The teenager is as hungry as a wolf" is an example of ..... A) Simile. B) Hyperbole. C) Idiom. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 16. The swing rocked like a baby learning to walk A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Idiom. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 17. She was a Good Samaritan when she helped the old lady. A) Metaphor. B) Oxymoron. C) Hyperbole. D) Allusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Allusion. 18. Tim is a walking dictionary!What type of figurative language is being used in the sentence? A) Metaphor. B) Personification. C) Alliteration. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Metaphor. 19. Becky borrowed Beth's book is an example of what type of figurative language? A) Simile. B) Alliteration. C) Onomatopoeia. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Alliteration. 20. A Japanese 3 line poem that does not rhyme with topics in nature A) Haiku. B) Acrostic. C) Simile. D) Limerick. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Haiku. 21. "The eerie silence was shattered by her scream." This is an example of ..... A) Theme. B) Plot. C) Rhyme. D) Imagery. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Imagery. 22. Identify the sentence that uses personification:a) The waves crashed against the shore.b) The cat's fur was as soft as silk.c) The sun smiled down on us.d) The mountain stood tall and majestic. A) B. B) A. C) D. D) C. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) C. 23. Ms. Hearon bought all the pencils in the world, and Mr. Lawson took them from her. A) Hyperbole. B) Metaphor. C) Simile. D) Onomatopoeia. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hyperbole. 24. Sheep should sleep in the shed. A) Simile. B) Onomatopoeia. C) Alliteration. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Alliteration. 25. The wise fool called himself a cheerful pessimist. A) Oxymoron. B) Simile. C) Repetition. D) Onomatopoeia. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Oxymoron. ← 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