This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Writing Style > Figurative Language – Quiz 53 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Figurative Language Quiz 53 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. "Cathy is as cute as a kitten" is an example of a(n) A) Simile. B) Pun. C) Oxymoron. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 2. I'm so hungry I could eat a horse. A) Metaphor. B) Simile. C) Hyperbole. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hyperbole. 3. The little road says, Go, The little house says, Stay!This is an example of: A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Personification. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Personification. 4. "Big baby", "Alone Together", and "Original Copy" are examples of: A) Onomatopoeia. B) Metaphor. C) Personification. D) Oxymoron. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Oxymoron. 5. Santa cleans his sleigh with Santa-tizer. A) Pun. B) Hyperbole. C) Allusion. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pun. 6. Gives human qualities or characteristics to nonhuman objects, ideas, or animals: A) Idiom. B) Personification. C) Onomatopoeia. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Personification. 7. My little sister laughed like a hyena when I wore an inflatable t-rex costume. A) Literal. B) Figurative. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Figurative. 8. Phrases not meant to be taken literally, but have a widely understood meaning in a given language or culture. A) Imagery. B) Simile. C) Hyperbole. D) Idiom. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Idiom. 9. Giving cake to a baby can be a little messy. A) Hyperbole. B) Understatement. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Understatement. 10. Her hair was silk. A) Simile. B) Hyperbole. C) Metaphor. D) Literal. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Metaphor. 11. Comparing without "like" or "as" A) Metaphor. B) Simile. C) Hyperbole. D) Juxtaposition. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Metaphor. 12. A device where the speaker refers to something that the reader needs prior knowledge of or experience with in order to understand. A) Apostrophe. B) Allusion. C) Allegory. D) Antonym. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Allusion. 13. "Hey, we can win this dance competition. Let us ..... !" A) Miss the boat. B) Break a leg. C) Costs an arm and a leg. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Break a leg. 14. What is the hyperbole in the sentence below?The movie was so sad that I cried a million tears. A) The movie was sad. B) A million tears. C) I cried. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A million tears. 15. What is the meaning of the hyperbole below?Stacia's smile was a mile wide after she won the spelling bee. A) She is happy. B) She has a big mouth. C) She has a large smile on her face. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) She has a large smile on her face. 16. What type of figurative language being used in the following sentence?The runner was a turtle in the race, and they ended up in last place. A) Metaphor. B) Hyperbole. C) Simile. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Metaphor. 17. I spent a fortune at the mall! A) Personification. B) Hyperbole. C) Onomatopoeia. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hyperbole. 18. The twins fight like cats and dogs almost all the time. A) Literal. B) Figurative. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Figurative. 19. Giving human qualities to animals or objects is A) Simile. B) Alliteration. C) Hyperbole. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Personification. 20. Identify the figurative language technique in the following sentence.NOT ALL MATH PUNS ARE TERRIBLE ..... ONLY SUM. A) Pun. B) Idiom. C) Personification. D) Onomatopoeia. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pun. 21. My isn't Martha's macaroni mouthwatering, madame?What figure of speech is this? A) Personification. B) Hyperbole. C) Alliteration. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Alliteration. 22. ''A mind is like a parachute. It doesn't work if it is not open" .-Frank Zappa A) Onomatopoeia. B) Simile. C) Metaphor. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Simile. 23. I'm sorry I was late for school, but it wasn't my fault. First, my alarm didn't go off in time and then it took my mom about a million years to make my breakfast. Then, I spilled syrup on my shirt and had to change it. Then, I couldn't I find my homework. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Idiom. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hyperbole. 24. He is as quiet as a mouse. A) Onomatopoeia. B) Metaphor. C) Simile. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Simile. 25. 3rd person A) They, she, her, him, them, himself, themselves. B) You, your, yourself. C) I, me, my, myself. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) They, she, her, him, them, himself, themselves. ← 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