This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Writing Style > Figurative Language – Quiz 52 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Figurative Language Quiz 52 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. A group of words established by meaning NOT by the individual words A) Repetition. B) Idiom. C) Colloquialism. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Idiom. 2. "Quack, quack, quack, " went the duck as he walked through the marsh. What type of figurative language is this? A) Metaphor. B) Alliteration. C) Simile. D) Onomatopoeia. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Onomatopoeia. 3. The black algae came up like a foamy monster.This sentence is an example of a ..... A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Inference. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 4. It was so chilly outside that it caused the children's teeth to chatter. A) Metaphor. B) Oxymoron. C) Pun. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Alliteration. 5. What type of figurative language is this??Ogres are like onions. A) Metaphor. B) Hyperbole. C) Simile. D) Personifcation. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Simile. 6. A polite phrase for something too blunt or unpleasant A) Repetition. B) Onomatopoeia. C) Euphemism. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Euphemism. 7. What creates images in the mind of the reader? A) Imagery. B) Personification. C) Allusion. D) Irony. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Imagery. 8. Phrases that mean something different than what they say. This type of figurative language makes sense figuratively, but not literally. A) Metaphor. B) Idiom. C) Personification. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Idiom. 9. Hyperbole is: A) Giving non human objects human traits. B) Exaggeration for effect. C) A word that sounds like the sound it represents. D) A city in Holland. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Exaggeration for effect. 10. The big present is calling my name. A) Allusion. B) Oxymoron. C) Personification. D) Symbolism. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Personification. 11. What type of figurative language is this??Together the Titans took to the Trojans. A) Rhyme. B) Alliteration. C) Metaphor. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Alliteration. 12. Pick the type of figurative language that BEST fits the sentence:The man's beard was a rat's tail, long and mangled. A) Simile. B) Personification. C) Metaphor. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Metaphor. 13. What type of figurative language is used in the phrase 'Time is a thief'? A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Personification. D) Idiom. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 14. A comparison that does use like or as is a/an ..... A) Hyperbole. B) Simile. C) Metaphor. D) Idiom. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Simile. 15. In this mode of speech, the real meanings of the words used are different from the intended meanings. For eg., the child of the cobbler has no shoe. A) Irony. B) Metaphor. C) Satire. D) Pun. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Irony. 16. The fly buzzed past us. A) Personification. B) Simile. C) Onomatopoeia. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Onomatopoeia. 17. My brother is a night owl. A) Simile. B) Onomatopoeia. C) Personification. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Metaphor. 18. When words END with the dame sound it is called: A) Rhythm. B) Alliteration. C) Assonance. D) Rhyme. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Rhyme. 19. The bugs went SPLAT on the windshield when we were driving to the campsite. A) Personification. B) Hyperbole. C) Simile. D) Onomatopoeia. E) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Onomatopoeia. 20. Choose the type of figurative language used in the following sentence:Zombies eat brains. You're safe. (a) A) Alliteration. B) Idiom. C) Personification. D) A. sarcasm. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A. sarcasm. 21. A direct comparison of two unlike thingsthat does NOT use like or as(x=y)is called A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Rhyme. D) Onomatopoeia. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 22. Compares two unlike things by saying that one thing is the other A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Personification. D) Figurative Language. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 23. What kind of figurative language is being used?The clock on the wall laughed at me as I tried to finish my test before class ended. A) Personification. B) Metaphor. C) Simile. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Personification. 24. Repeating the beginning sound in words is (a) A) Personification. B) Onomatopoeia. C) Hyperbole. D) A. alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A. alliteration. 25. The bird hurled insults at me because I was too close to her nest. A) Alliteration. B) Personification. C) Metaphor. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Personification. ← 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