This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Writing Style > Figurative Language – Quiz 56 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Figurative Language Quiz 56 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The pillow is as soft as a cloud A) Hyperbole. B) Metaphor. C) Personification. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Simile. 2. "Lucky lady" is an example of what? A) Metaphor. B) Alliteration. C) Onomatopoeia. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Alliteration. 3. The rain falls like the sun, rising upon the mountains A) Simile. B) Idiom. C) Hyperbole. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 4. "The tall trees danced in the wind" Which type of figurative language is being used in the sentence? A) Hyperbole. B) Personification. C) Alliteration. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Personification. 5. What does the idiom mean in the sentence below? I was on pins and needles waiting for the nurse to give me a shot. A) Scared. B) Horrible. C) Excited. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Scared. 6. When Ms. Dempster is not in the class the children act like they are in a three-ring circus. A) Personification. B) Proverb or adage. C) Metaphor. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Simile. 7. The warm smile of the sun made me happy that summer was finally here. A) Personification. B) Hyperbole. C) Simile. D) Onomatopoeia. E) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Personification. 8. Tell whether the example is a simile or metaphor.Life is a mountain filled with ups and downs. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 9. On Monday, Miles the Monkey made music merrily. A) Personification. B) Simile. C) Metaphor. D) Alliteration. E) Onomatopeia. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Alliteration. 10. "Her face was as red as a tomato" is an example of which kind of figurative language? A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Hyperbole. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 11. Read these lines from a poem:"My life is like a dream / it's all up me." It's an example of ..... A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Personfication. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 12. I sleep like a baby on my new mattress A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 13. An example of a simile is: "I really do like ice cream" A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 14. What figurative language compares two unlike things but does NOT use words like, as, or than? A) Simile. B) Idiom. C) Alliteration. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Metaphor. 15. My cat screams at me whenever it wants food. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Personification. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Personification. 16. A comparison of two things without using like or as A) Alliteration. B) Metaphor. C) Hyperbole. D) Idiom. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 17. Does metaphor or simile use like or as? A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 18. An object that has a greater meaning than itself.Heart = love A) Simile. B) Personification. C) Symbolism. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Symbolism. 19. The snowmobile was a rocket in the newly fallen snow. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Oxymoron. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 20. Which song lyrics contain personification? A) I was lightning before the thunder. B) Can you sing with all the voices of the mountains?. C) Boom! Clap! The sound of my heart. D) You're the sunflower. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Can you sing with all the voices of the mountains?. 21. Her beauty shines like the sun. A) Metaphor. B) Simile. C) Personification. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Simile. 22. "Joe had no idea when his boss asked to see him that he was going to be let go." A) Allusion. B) Idiom. C) Hyperbole. D) Euphemism. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Euphemism. 23. The driveway to the old house was a jungle of vines and overhanging branches. What figure of speech is used to describe the driveway? A) A simile. B) A metaphor. C) An idiom. D) A hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A metaphor. 24. Come and clean your closet, Carol! A) Hyperbole. B) Metaphor. C) Alliteration. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Alliteration. 25. "The fly buzzed around us" contains ..... A) Personification. B) Hyperbole. C) Onomatopeia. D) Idiom. 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