This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Writing Style > Figurative Language – Quiz 6 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Figurative Language Quiz 6 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The boy was standing like a statue on the sidewalk in everyone's way.Which figurative language is this? A) Metaphor. B) Personification. C) Simile. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Simile. 2. They ran faster than the speed of light A) Hyperbole. B) Metaphor. C) Simile. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hyperbole. 3. What is an example of a simile in the text? A) As brave as a lion. B) As fast as a cheetah. C) As bright as a star. D) As quiet as a mouse. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) As brave as a lion. 4. When I dumped candy from my sticking, I was a pig in mud. A) Alliteration. B) Simile. C) Idiom. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Idiom. 5. "I'm so hungry, I could eat a horse!" is an example of what figurative language device? A) Hyperbole. B) Personification. C) Simile. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hyperbole. 6. Language in which the words mean exactly what they say is ..... A) Figurative. B) Literal. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Literal. 7. Which of the following is NOT an example of onomatopoeia? A) Buzz. B) Meow. C) Book. D) Splat. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Book. 8. *A simile is a figure of speech that compares two ..... things and uses the words "like" or "as" . A) Like. B) Unlike. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Unlike. 9. What type of figurative language compares two things using like or as. A) Simile. B) Hyperbole. C) Metaphor. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 10. My sister is a monster. A) Metaphor. B) Simile. C) Personification. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Metaphor. 11. Identify the type of figurative language being used:"He is as fast as a rabbit" . A) Metaphor. B) Personification. C) Simile. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Simile. 12. How does the author use personification to enhance the imagery? A) The author focuses solely on factual descriptions without any literary devices. B) The author describes human emotions in nature without personification. C) The author uses metaphors to create vivid descriptions. D) The author enhances imagery by giving human traits to non-human elements. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The author enhances imagery by giving human traits to non-human elements. 13. Don't bit the hand that feeds you. A) Personification. B) Proverb or adage. C) Idiom. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Proverb or adage. 14. Mrs. Woodrome whistles while she works well. This is figure of speech is ..... A) Rhyme. B) Imagery. C) Alliteration. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Alliteration. 15. "My monkey is making me mighty mad" is an example of what? A) Simile. B) Onomatopoeia. C) Metaphor. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Alliteration. 16. I am going to pass the magnets test with flying colors because I studied hard last night!What type of figurative language is used in the sentence above? A) Metaphor. B) Simile. C) Personification. D) Idiom. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Idiom. 17. "That piece of chocolate cake is calling my name" is an example of ..... A) Metaphor. B) Personification. C) Simile. D) Allusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Personification. 18. He is a walking encyclopedia. A) Metaphor. B) Proverb or adage. C) Simile. D) Idiom. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Metaphor. 19. Your beauty was a web of frail delight A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Personification. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 20. The atmosphere created in a work of literature by word choice. A) Mood. B) Tone. C) Theme. D) Symbol. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mood. 21. I can run like a cheetah! A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Personification. D) Onomatopoeia. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 22. THE TREES DANCED BACK AND FORTH IN THE WIND. A) METAPHOR. B) SIMILIE. C) PERSONIFICATION. D) ONOMATOPOEIA. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) PERSONIFICATION. 23. Read the sentence and choose the onomatopoeia.I love the swish of the basketball net. A) Basketball. B) Swish. C) Onomatopoeia. D) Net. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Swish. 24. What is the meaning of the allusion?My brother is a regular Einstein! He always seems to know the answer! A) His brother is unintelligent. B) His brother works hard. C) His brother is intelligent. D) His brother is lazy. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) His brother is intelligent. 25. "I like to go to school" is an example of a simile A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. 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