This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Writing Style > Figurative Language – Quiz 59 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Figurative Language Quiz 59 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Brave as a lion. A) Hyperbole. B) Metaphor. C) Simile. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Simile. 2. She is as sweet as sugar.What does this SIMILE mean? A) She likes sugar. B) She LOVES sweets. C) She is kind and sensitive. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) She is kind and sensitive. 3. The repetition of two or more of the same beginning consonant sound. A) Simile. B) Alliteration. C) Consonance. D) Imagery. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Alliteration. 4. The statement, "Mary is feeling under the weather today" is a hyperbole. True or False? A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 5. Tony and Tim are ten years old. A) Alliteration. B) Hyperbole. C) Onomatopoeia. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Alliteration. 6. Her cheeks were on fire. A) Personification. B) Idiom. C) Metaphor. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Metaphor. 7. What type of figurative language is used in this sentence?"The sun's rays wrapped their arms around me." A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Hyperbole. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Personification. 8. Define Simile A) A comparison of two dissimilar items using like, as, or than. B) A comparison of two dissimilar items without using like, as, or than. C) A sound word. D) Two opposite ideas coming together to create an effect. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A comparison of two dissimilar items using like, as, or than. 9. Silly sally sold sea shells by the sea shore. A) Methaphor. B) Idiom. C) Personification. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Alliteration. 10. The sky was pink and orange. The trees had green and brown leaves falling, as the blonde haired girl jumped around in a pile of them; the sun shining just enough to make the day feel perfect. A) Metaphor. B) Imagery. C) Alliteration. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Imagery. 11. "Grandma's heart is made of gold" A) Hyperbole. B) Personification. C) Metaphor. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Metaphor. 12. Time flies when you are having fun! What type of figurative language is this? A) Simile. B) Onomatopoeia. C) Idiom. D) Oxymoron. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Idiom. 13. The starting goalie was out with an injury, so Kevin was finally getting his chance to prove his worth. He knew he could do it. He was a brick wall. A) He was hard headed. B) He built a wall in front of his goal. C) He threw bricks at his opponent. D) He would not allow the opponent to score, he would block the goal. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) He would not allow the opponent to score, he would block the goal. 14. Which figurative language compares two things without using "like" or "as?" A) Similie. B) Metaphor. C) Alliteration. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 15. This sentence is an example of what: "Her voice was music to my ears." A) Simile. B) Hyperbole. C) Idiom. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Metaphor. 16. Like a house on stilts, a bull moose stands in the shallows.This is an example of: A) Metaphor. B) Simile. C) Personification. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Simile. 17. A reference to a well-known work of literature, art, music, etc. is what type of figurative language? A) Personification. B) Idiom. C) Allusion. D) Assonance. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Allusion. 18. What is referred as the linguistic technique that produces special effect when reading a literary piece? A) Rhetorical device. B) Literary device. C) Poetic device. D) Images. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Literary device. 19. "The snow glows white on the mountain tonightNot a footprint to be seenA kingdom of isolation, And it looks like I'm the queen.The wind is howling like this swirling storm insideCouldn't keep it in, heaven knows I tried!"Is an example of ..... A) Personification. B) Metaphor. C) Alliteration. D) Onomatopoeia. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Personification. 20. How sweet the sobbing violin A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Personification. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Personification. 21. Words imitate sounds A) Simile. B) Repetition. C) Alliteration. D) Onomatopoeia. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Onomatopoeia. 22. "I've been waiting forever" A) Metaphor. B) Simile. C) Personification. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hyperbole. 23. What is the use of a word whose sound suggests its meaning; sound words? A) Idiom. B) Onomatopoeia. C) Simile. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Onomatopoeia. 24. "Your teeth are like stars;They come out at night.They come back at dawnWhen they're ready to bite."-Your Teeth by Denise Rogers A) Simile and personification. B) Metaphor. C) Metaphor and onomatopoeia. D) Hyperbole and metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile and personification. 25. What is the word in color an example of?Mr. Lawson was walking down the hallway when all of a sudden, BAM! One of his students ran right into him. A) Onomatopoeia. B) Hyperbole. C) Simile. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Onomatopoeia. ← 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