This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Writing Style > Figurative Language – Quiz 57 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Figurative Language Quiz 57 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. My heart is but a haughty snail! A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Personification. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 2. I told you one million times to clean your room A) Hyperbole. B) Alliteration. C) Metaphor. D) Simile. E) Symbol. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hyperbole. 3. Which of these is an example of onomatopoeia? A) Pot. B) Fire. C) Boom. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Boom. 4. The lillies in the field danced gaily in the wind. A) Personification. B) Metaphor. C) Hyperbole. D) Onomatopoeia. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Personification. 5. What is a comparison that does not use like or as. One thing "becomes" the other? A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Onomatopoeia. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 6. We went west with our work wagon. A) Simile. B) Alliteration. C) Hyperbole. D) Imagery. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Alliteration. 7. A comparison between two things is a? A) Personification. B) Idiom. C) Metaphor. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Metaphor. 8. "Boom, clap, the sound of my heart." -Charlie xcx A) Onomatopoeia. B) Hyperbole. C) Metaphor. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Onomatopoeia. 9. What type of figurative language is used in this sentence?"The child's tears were like raindrops from a tiny cloud." A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Hyperbole. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 10. What is a comparison between two things using like or as called? A) Metaphor. B) Hyperbole. C) Simile. D) Idiom. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Simile. 11. A stanza is ..... A) The paragraphs of a poem. B) The structure of a poem. C) The shape of the poem. D) The length of the poem. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The paragraphs of a poem. 12. Which of the following is NOT an example of alliteration? A) Krispy Kreme. B) She sells sea shells by the seashore. C) Purple people eater. D) English class will help me communicate. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) English class will help me communicate. 13. A word of phrase that is used together even though it is contradictory or opposite is ..... A) Analogy. B) Onomatopoeia. C) Oxymoron. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Oxymoron. 14. An exaggerated statement A) Idiom. B) Simile. C) Personification. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hyperbole. 15. A humorous play on words that have double-meanings. A) Alliteration. B) Oxymoron. C) Pun. D) Onomatopoeia. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Pun. 16. Identify the figurative language used AND identify the meaning of the sentence.OUR CAR IS A DINOSAUR, SO WE NEED TO BUY A NEW ONE. A) Simile; our car is old. B) Hyperbole; our car is a breathing animal. C) Pun; a play on words. D) Metaphor; our car is very old. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Metaphor; our car is very old. 17. "Sally Sells Seashells by the Sea Shore" Is an example of ..... A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Idiom. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Alliteration. 18. In poetry, ..... are like paragraphs. A) Stanzas. B) Lines. C) Poems. D) Forms. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Stanzas. 19. The snow danced on my cheeks as it fell from the sky. A) Personification. B) Simile. C) Metaphor. D) Idiom. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Personification. 20. What is it called when a poet exaggerates the truth? A) Alliteration. B) Imagery. C) Hyperbole. D) Onomatopoeia. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hyperbole. 21. Which of the following is an example of a simile?a) The wind whispered through the trees.b) Her smile was as bright as the sun.c) The flowers danced in the breeze.d) The stars were shining in the night sky. A) A. B) B. C) C. D) D. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) B. 22. Giving some non-human thing qualities of a human is ..... A) Metaphor. B) Hyperbole. C) Personification. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Personification. 23. The boy writes as slow as molasses. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Personification. D) Proverb. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 24. Lois learned a valuable lesson leaning back in her chair during language arts class. What type of figurative language is in this sentence? A) Hyperbole. B) Idiom. C) Onomatopoeia. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Alliteration. 25. The wedding was so emotional that even the cake was in tiers.What figurative language device is used in the example above? A) Personification. B) Metaphor. C) Pun. D) Oxymoron. 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