This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Writing Style > Figurative Language – Quiz 62 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Figurative Language Quiz 62 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Abdi ran the mile as quick as lightning. What type of figurative language is used in this sentence? A) Personification. B) Hyperbole. C) Onomatopoeia. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Simile. 2. You are asking for trouble; you're opening Pandora's box. What type of figurative language is in this sentence? A) Hyperbole. B) Metaphor. C) Alliteration. D) Allusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Allusion. 3. Identify the figurative language technique found in the following sentence. THE TIMID TURTLE TOOTLED TO THE TRAIN TRACKS. A) Metaphor. B) Pun. C) Alliteration. D) Onomatopoeia. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Alliteration. 4. Everyone in the world knows that! A) Personification. B) Hyperbole. C) Metaphor. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hyperbole. 5. An author describes something in a way that makes it seem far less important than it is, usually for irony. A) Hyperbole. B) Understatement. C) Simile. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Understatement. 6. YUM-YUM-YUM! A) PERSONIFICATION. B) ONOMATOPOEIA. C) METAPHOR. D) SIMILIE. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) ONOMATOPOEIA. 7. A/an ..... is an expression that is not meant to be taken literally. A) Personification. B) Idiom. C) Metaphor. D) Simile. E) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Idiom. 8. Antonio ordered jumbo shrimp for dinner. What type of figurative language is used in this sentence? A) Oxymoron. B) Simile. C) Hyperbole. D) Idiom. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Oxymoron. 9. 4) " ..... they's a lost ball in de high grass" A) Simile. B) Personification. C) Idiom. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Metaphor. 10. This type of figurative language represents a sound. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Idiom. D) Onomatopoeia. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Onomatopoeia. 11. A "Hot potato" is a kenning referring to ..... A) Something no one wants. B) Dog. C) An environmentalist. D) A very young child. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Something no one wants. 12. What gives a brief and indirect reference to a person, place, thing or idea of historical, cultural, literary or political significance A) Pun. B) Irony. C) Allusion. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Allusion. 13. The pots and pans fell with a bang. A) Alliteration. B) Simile. C) Hyperbole. D) Alliteration. E) Onomatopeia. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Onomatopeia. 14. What is the function of figurative language? A) To refer to something without directly stating it. B) To describe something. C) To explain something by directly stating it. D) To make a conclusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To refer to something without directly stating it. 15. The ice in the arena was as smooth as glass. A) Metaphor. B) Hyperbole. C) Simile. D) Oxymoron. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Simile. 16. Read this sentence. Which type of figurative language is it?The ground at the base of the hill was cruel and menacing. A) Simile. B) Hyperbole. C) Metaphor. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Personification. 17. Amy is sweet as pie. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Alliteration. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 18. Open secret A) Hyperbole. B) Personification. C) Metaphor. D) Oxymoron. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Oxymoron. 19. "Your room is a pigsty!" is an example of what type of figurative language? A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Alliteration. D) Allusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 20. I was scared when i heard the tic-toc of the clock on midnight. A) Assonance. B) Alliteration. C) Hyperbole. D) Onomatopoeia. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Onomatopoeia. 21. The crazy car is colorful.This is an example of what type of figurative language? A) Simile. B) Alliteration. C) Personification. D) Repetition. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Alliteration. 22. Ms. Zappia is as evil as a hungry goblin under a bridge. A) Onomatopoeia. B) Hyperbole. C) Simile. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Simile. 23. You are the sunshine in my life. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Personification. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 24. What type of figurative language is used in the phrase "The classroom was a zoo" ? A) Personification. B) Hyperbole. C) Onomatopoeia. D) Simile. E) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Metaphor. 25. Choose the best word to complete the simile below. The boy's voice was as loud as ..... A) A mouse. B) Coal. C) Thunder. D) None of the above. 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