This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Writing Style > Figurative Language – Quiz 60 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Figurative Language Quiz 60 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Crash, ZOINK, Moo, BOOM, and POP are examples of A) Alliteration. B) Personification. C) Onomatopoeia. D) Poetry. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Onomatopoeia. 2. This uses extreme exaggeration to emphasize a point. A) Oxymoron. B) Hyperbole. C) Metaphor. D) Oxymoron. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hyperbole. 3. What two words are being compared in the simile below?Marcus ran like a large cheetah. A) Marcus to running. B) Ran to large. C) Marcus to a cheetah. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Marcus to a cheetah. 4. "My backpack weighs a TON!" is an example of which type of figurative language? A) Metaphor. B) Personification. C) Analogy. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hyperbole. 5. My students are wild animals! A) Hyperbole. B) Personification. C) Metaphor. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Metaphor. 6. Compares something directly to something else A) Metaphor. B) Simile. C) Idiom. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Metaphor. 7. A non-human, inanimate object, idea or animal is given human characteristics. A) PERSONIFICATION. B) ONOMATOPOEIA. C) SIMILE. D) HYPERBOLE. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) PERSONIFICATION. 8. What type of figurative language is this??You are my sunshine. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Personification. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 9. What is A common expression that doesn't mean exactly (literally) what it says? A) Idiom. B) Personification. C) Simile. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Idiom. 10. Which of the following is an example of SIMILE? A) The soldier was as brave as a lion. B) Her voice is music to my ears. C) Her stomach complained loudly after she ate the spicy enchiladas. D) Your suitcase weighs a ton!. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The soldier was as brave as a lion. 11. Our class is as good as gold. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Hyberbole. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 12. Time flies by! A) Idiom. B) Simile. C) Onomatopoeia. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Idiom. 13. What does the metaphor mean in the sentence below?Dad is a bear every morning. A) Dad is grumpy. B) Dad is like an angry animal. C) Dad doesn't like sunshine. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dad is grumpy. 14. An author's attitude toward his or her subject. A) Metaphor. B) Tone. C) Mood. D) Idiom. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Tone. 15. What is the following sentence an example of:Slow and steady wins the race. A) Simile. B) Pun. C) Alliteration. D) Adage. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Adage. 16. Identify the type of figurative language being used:"Morgan Mouse munched marshmallows merrily" . A) Hyperbole. B) Personification. C) Alliteration. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Alliteration. 17. My love is like a red rose. A) Metaphor. B) Personification. C) Simile. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Simile. 18. The trees, tired from a long summer, shed their leaves and relaxed. A) Personification. B) Idiom. C) Metaphor. D) Allusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Personification. 19. "In the wild wood they found an open glade, around a smooth stone house ..... the hall of Circe" A) Allusion. B) Personification. C) Epithet. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Alliteration. 20. Giving human characteristics to things that aren't human A) Metaphor. B) Hyperbole. C) Simile. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Personification. 21. A group of words that are self-contradicting is a(n) (a) A) A. oxymoron. B) Allusion. C) Pun. D) Idiom. E) Euphemism. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A. oxymoron. 22. A comparison of two unlike things WITHOUT using like or as is called a ..... A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Hyperbole. D) Onomatopoeia. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 23. The ambulance sirine awakes the baby A) Simile. B) Personification. C) Onomatopoeia. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Personification. 24. The wrapper crackled when she put it in her purse. A) Alliteration. B) Idiom. C) Onomatopeia. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Onomatopeia. 25. The 6th grade classroom was a circus.What is this an example of? A) Allusion. B) Idiom. C) Simile. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Metaphor. ← 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