This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Writing Style > Figurative Language – Quiz 66 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Figurative Language Quiz 66 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. David's room is a pig pen A) Metaphor. B) Simile. C) Idiom. D) Verb. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Metaphor. 2. An object that is given human feelings, thoughts, or attitudes. A) Alliteration. B) Personification. C) Metaphor. D) Onomatopoeia. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Personification. 3. What is the best definition for imagery A) Saying something you don't mean. B) Using descriptive words that appeal to the senses. C) Explaining what something is to a person. D) Taking a picture of a picture. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Using descriptive words that appeal to the senses. 4. THE STARS WINKED AT ME. A) METAPHOR. B) SIMILIE. C) PERSONIFICATION. D) ONOMATOPOEIA. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) PERSONIFICATION. 5. What does "the feather danced across the room" mean? A) The feather was heavy and stuck in one place. B) The feather moved about the room freely. C) The feather was beautiful like a dancer. D) There is no feather. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The feather moved about the room freely. 6. Which one of the five senses is used in this sentence? The wolf howled painfully over the loss of his mate. A) Sight. B) Sound. C) Touch. D) Taste. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sound. 7. Homework is a breeze. A) Alliteration. B) Metaphor. C) Simile. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 8. What is the figure of speech that uses the words "like, than or as" in comparing things having common qualities? A) Personification. B) Synecdoche. C) Metaphor. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Simile. 9. "The alarm clock screamed at me" is an example of personification. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 10. Boom! Pop! Buzz! A) Alliteration. B) Onomatopoeia. C) SImile. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Onomatopoeia. 11. The snow covered trees were drooping with sadness. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Hyperbole. D) Onomatopoeia. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 12. What is the meaning of the idiom 'It's raining cats and dogs'? A) It's raining lightly. B) It's raining heavily. C) It's not raining at all. D) It's raining with thunder and lightning. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It's raining heavily. 13. When a poem comperes two things without using like or as, it is called a A) Simile. B) Personification. C) Free verse. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Metaphor. 14. The sun smiled across the forest one early summer morning.This is an example of ..... A) Hyperbole. B) Alliteration. C) Simile. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Personification. 15. Ethan's smile is a mile wide. A) Metaphor. B) Simile. C) Personification. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hyperbole. 16. Which type of figurative language uses the words "like" or "as" to compare two things? A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Oxymoron. D) Analogy. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 17. A word that mimics the sound of the object or action it refers to. A) Onomatopoeia:. B) Personification. C) Simile. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Onomatopoeia:. 18. Our family bought new computers. We no longer want the dead woods. A) Literal. B) Figurative. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Figurative. 19. A blanket of snow covered the city. A) Metaphor. B) Simile. C) Personification. D) Idiom. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Metaphor. 20. My teacher is so old, she remembers when the dinosaurs died. A) Hyperbole. B) Simile. C) Metaphor. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hyperbole. 21. The rain falls like the sun. A) Metaphor. B) Hyperbole. C) Idiom. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Simile. 22. The trophy glistened like gold in the sun during the awards ceremony. A) Metaphor. B) Simile. C) Alliteration. D) Oxymoron. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Simile. 23. Choose the correct type of figurative language found in the following sentence:The drive took forever when we drove across the state. A) Simile. B) Personification. C) Hyperbole. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hyperbole. 24. He didn't realise that telling the first lie would create a tangled web of deceit. A) Reminders. B) Complex trap. C) Very soft. D) Very noisy. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Complex trap. 25. Using extreme exaggeration to make a point or show emphasis A) Oxymoron. B) Personification. C) Hyperbole. D) Alliteration. 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