This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Writing Style > Figurative Language – Quiz 48 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Figurative Language Quiz 48 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. "I like to walk in the woods and see what Mother Nature is wearing." -Flannery O'Connor, Good Country People A) Hyperbole. B) Allusion. C) Personification. D) Idiom. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Personification. 2. What literary device is used in the following quote: "Juliet:Yea, noise? Then I'll be brief. O happy dagger!" A) Personification. B) Metaphor. C) Simile. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Personification. 3. Sound words A) Simile. B) Onomatopeia. C) Idiom. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Onomatopeia. 4. Jan ate the hotdog despite the arguments it posed to her digestive system. Choose the best sentence that explains this personification. A) Jan likes to argue with hotdogs. B) Jan's digestive system has no problem with hotdogs. C) Jan has difficulty digesting hotdogs. D) Jan doesn't like hotdogs. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Jan has difficulty digesting hotdogs. 5. Which literary device is used in the following line? "Her eyes were shining stars" A) Metaphor. B) Personification. C) Imagery. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Metaphor. 6. My father is a bear in the mornings. A) Personification. B) Metaphor. C) Simile. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 7. FIGURATIVE or LITERALThe cheetah ran like a flying bird. A) Figurative language. B) Literal meaning. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Figurative language. 8. Read this sentence. Which type of figurative language is it?The daffodils were like huge rays of sunshine. A) Simile. B) Hyperbole. C) Metaphor. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 9. Tell whether the example is a simile or metaphor.She was as sly as a fox. A) Metaphor. B) Simile. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Simile. 10. Which literary device is used in the following line? "The moon was a ghostly galleon tossed upon cloudy seas" A) Hyperbole. B) Simile. C) Metaphor. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Metaphor. 11. "It went zip when it moved and bop when it stopped, And whirr when it stood still.I never knew just what it was and I guess I never will." This has examples of: A) Onomatopoeia. B) Metaphor. C) Personification. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Onomatopoeia. 12. What is a word which imitates the natural sounds of a thing A) Figurative Language. B) Pun. C) Onomatopoeia. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Onomatopoeia. 13. Identify the type of figurative language being used: "The dog knocked over the vase with a CRASH"! A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Onomatopoeia. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Onomatopoeia. 14. He's as skinny as a toothpick! A) Proverb/adage. B) Simile. C) Hyperbole. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hyperbole. 15. What is a comparison of two things using the words "like" or "as" ? A) Hyperbole. B) Personification. C) Simile. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Simile. 16. "As playful as a kitten" is an example of what? A) Simile. B) Alliteration. C) Metaphor. D) Onomatopoeia. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 17. The repetition of beginning consonant sounds A) Onomatopeia. B) Idiom. C) Alliteration. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Alliteration. 18. My life is like a roller coaster. A) Simile. B) Idiom. C) Hyperbole. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 19. Crash, boom, bang, are examples of A) Simile. B) Rhyme. C) Onomatopoeia. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Onomatopoeia. 20. The stars were sparkling like diamonds in the night sky A) Metaphor. B) Hyperbole. C) Onomatopoeia. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Simile. 21. Identify the figurative language technique that is used in the following sentence.THE SOUND OF THE ALARM SCARED ME TO DEATH! A) Onomatopoeia. B) Simile. C) Hyperbole. D) Pun. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hyperbole. 22. " ..... like a ray of sun, burning through the darkenst knight"-Beyonce A) Metaphor. B) Simile. C) Idiom. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Simile. 23. My coach is a lion! He yells so loud when we score!This is an example of ..... A) Metaphor. B) Onomatopoeia. C) Alliteration. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Metaphor. 24. Silly Sally sent stamps to Sydney. This is an example of: A) Alliteration. B) Simile. C) Metaphor. D) Imagery. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Alliteration. 25. Which sentence contains an example of a METAPHOR? A) My sister set me up on a blind date for Valentine's Day. B) John worships the ground Hannah walks on. C) Love is a journey. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Love is a journey. ← 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