This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Writing Style > Figurative Language – Quiz 61 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Figurative Language Quiz 61 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The icicles dripped through my mittens covered hands. A) Onomatopoeia. B) Metaphor. C) Idiom. D) Allusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Onomatopoeia. 2. The sun is a flower, that blooms for just one hour. A) Personification. B) Metaphor. C) Simile. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 3. What type of figurative language?"The high yellow moon won't come out to play" A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Personification. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Personification. 4. "The trees were dancing in the wind" means ..... A) The trees are dancing. B) The wind is blowing hard. C) The trees are not moving. D) There are animals moving in the trees. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The wind is blowing hard. 5. Two contrasting words side by side A) Oxymoron. B) Allusion. C) Alliteration. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Oxymoron. 6. What does the sentence below actually mean?Lightning danced across the sky. A) The lightning was at a dance party. B) There was no lightning in the sky. C) There was a lot of lightning in the sky during a storm. D) The lightning was bad at dancing. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) There was a lot of lightning in the sky during a storm. 7. "I've seen this movie a thousand times" is an example of ..... A) Personification. B) Hyperbole. C) Alliteration. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hyperbole. 8. My third grade class is full of shining stars! A) Metaphor. B) Simile. C) Personification. D) Idiom. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Metaphor. 9. The gust of wind was a frosty snow cone to my lips. A) Alliteration. B) Metaphor. C) Simile. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 10. "The stars will cry." A) Metaphor. B) Personification. C) Alliteration. D) Onomatopoeia. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Personification. 11. What technique in appreciating the literary work identifies the experience of the writer which the readers can relate? A) Specific experience. B) Figures of speech. C) Choice of words. D) Imagery. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Specific experience. 12. I am so hungry I could eat everything in the refrigerator A) Hyperbole. B) Simile. C) Metaphor. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hyperbole. 13. "Rita heard the last piece of pie calling her name" is an example of which type of figurative language? A) Simile. B) Onomatopoeia. C) Alliteration. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Personification. 14. In the phrase "His smile is as bright as the sun, " what type of figurative language is used? A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Alliteration. D) Hyperbole. E) Idiom. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 15. A good friend is like a warm, cozy blanket on a cold winter day.What is this an example of? A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Allusion. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 16. Read the sentence. Which type of figurative language is it?Paul was a shining star at the basketball game. A) Simile. B) Hyperbole. C) Metaphor. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Metaphor. 17. What does the idiom 'hit the books' mean? A) To literally hit books. B) To start studying. C) To write a book. D) To read a novel. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To start studying. 18. Why compare a linebacker to a wall? A) The linebacker is made of concrete. B) The linebacker is made of drywall. C) The linebacker is solidly built. D) The linebacker is hard to see over. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The linebacker is solidly built. 19. "She soothed her secret sorrow" is an example of what figurative language? A) Alliteration. B) Personification. C) Hyperbole. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Alliteration. 20. The statement, "I am so hungry, I could eat a horse" is a hyperbole. True or False? A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 21. What is the meaning of the sentence:The trees danced. A) The trees were falling down. B) The trees were really loud. C) The trees were swaying back and forth. D) The trees were doing the griddy. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The trees were swaying back and forth. 22. "My teeth chattered as the temperature dropped." What senses being used in this sentence? A) Hear. B) Hear and touch. C) See and smell. D) Taste. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hear and touch. 23. Tell whether the example is a simile or metaphor.She is a shining star on stage. A) Metaphor. B) Simile. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Metaphor. 24. I will believe you can slam dunk a basketball when pigs fly.What is this an example of? A) Allusion. B) Idiom. C) Metaphor. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Idiom. 25. Which simile would be helpful in describing a terrified look on someone's face A) Her eyes drooped like wilted flowers. B) Her eyes were as sharp as arrows. C) Her eyes were as big as saucers and her hands trembled. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Her eyes were as big as saucers and her hands trembled. ← 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