This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Writing Style > Figurative Language – Quiz 49 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Figurative Language Quiz 49 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Choose the correct metaphor from the options below:a) He ran as fast as a cheetah.b) The world is a stage.c) The raindrops fell like diamonds.d) The tree branches swayed in the wind. A) A. B) C. C) D. D) B. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) B. 2. Identify the type of figurative language used in this sentence:'The thunder grumbled like an old man.' A) Metaphor. B) Simile. C) Personification. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Simile. 3. Ms. Morris makes marvelous muffins A) Hyperbole. B) Alliteration. C) Personification. D) Idiom. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Alliteration. 4. Figurative speech that uses a comparison of two different things using "like" or "as"is known as A) Rhyme. B) Metaphor. C) Simile. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Simile. 5. The sun was like a stove melting the ice from the roads. A) Metaphor. B) Alliteration. C) Simile. D) Pun. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Simile. 6. Ms. Gann is as childish as Mr. Lawson. A) Onomatopoeia. B) Metaphor. C) Alliteration. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Simile. 7. I love the sound of bacon sizzling in the morning A) Onomatopoeia. B) Metaphor. C) Personification. D) Idiom. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Onomatopoeia. 8. Her feelings are as delicate as a butterfly's wings. A) Metaphor. B) Simile. C) Personification. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Simile. 9. Talking animals is an example of what type of figurative language? A) Oxymoron. B) Personification. C) Cliche. D) Pun. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Personification. 10. Language that goes beyond the literal meaning of words to give the reader a deeper understanding of the text. A) Foreshadowing. B) Figurative Language. C) Idiom. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Figurative Language. 11. She was so pretty my eyes popped out! A) Onomatopia. B) Simile. C) Hyperbole. D) Hiperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hyperbole. 12. What type of figurative language is being used in the sentence below?The students were as busy as bees as they worked to finish their final project for the school year. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Personification. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 13. "It's raining cats and dogs!" my mother said when she handed me my raincoat. A) Metaphor. B) Idiom. C) Onomatopoeia. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Idiom. 14. My flowers were begging me to water them. A) HYPERBOLE. B) PERSONIFICATION. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) PERSONIFICATION. 15. My husband bought me roses for Valentines Day A) Simile. B) Personification. C) Symbol. D) Metaphor. E) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Symbol. 16. They thought he was a wise fool. A) Oxymoron. B) Hyperbole. C) Metaphor. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Oxymoron. 17. What figurative language device is used in this Beatles lyric? "Whisper words of wisdom, let it be." A) Hyperbole. B) Personification. C) Alliteration. D) Imagery. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Alliteration. 18. What type of figurative language is being used in the quote?"Bang! Snap! Pop! Sizzle!" A) Idiom. B) Alliteration. C) Onomatopoeia. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Onomatopoeia. 19. What type of figurative language is being used in the quote?"My dad said, "break a leg" before I went on stage for my performance." A) Simile. B) Hyperbole. C) Idiom. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Idiom. 20. Michael Jordan is the greatest of all time. A) Hyperbole. B) Metaphor. C) Simile. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hyperbole. 21. The street cars are like frosted cakes covered with snowflakes. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Personification. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 22. Read the sentence. Which type of figurative language is it?Zether's father was as wise as a wolf. A) Simile. B) Hyperbole. C) Metaphor. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 23. Which of these is a metaphor? A) His eyes were like stars but his personality was stone cold. B) Ayla believes she just bit off more than she could chew. C) His freckles were like the constellations. D) Kathy arrived at the grocery store with an army of children. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Kathy arrived at the grocery store with an army of children. 24. The figure of speech that uses words with the same beginning sound is called A) Simile. B) Alliteration. C) Metaphor. D) Rhyme. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Alliteration. 25. What is simile? A) A comparison between two items using like or as. B) Gives life or human characteristics to inanimate objects. C) Words that use the senses to paint a picture. D) A comparison between two items without using like or as. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A comparison between two items using like or as. ← 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