This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Writing Style > Figurative Language – Quiz 67 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Figurative Language Quiz 67 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. "Let us go forth and lead the land we love." This is an example of what type of figurative language? A) Hyperbole. B) Theme. C) Alliteration. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Alliteration. 2. "I heard the screeching of the door, and the sneaking of the shoes of my father as he arrived from work." This sentence is an example of onomatopoeia. What words in the sentence that imitates the sound of the door? A) Screeching. B) Sneaking. C) Working. D) Hearing. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Screeching. 3. Sit tight A) Don't move. B) To hurry. C) To sit in a small chair. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Don't move. 4. Which of the following is an example of hyperbole?a) I'm so hungry, I could eat a horse.b) The moonlight illuminated the room.c) The book was as thick as a brick.d) The flowers bloomed in the spring. A) A. B) D. C) C. D) B. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A. 5. Don't be a Scrooge, just because you don't like Christmas.What is this an example of? A) Idiom. B) Hyperbole. C) Personification. D) Allusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Allusion. 6. Which sentence uses personification? A) The woman looked as if she were 1, 000 years old. B) The fire hungrily ate the house. C) Where's the wicked cat?. D) The tiger purred like my cat. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The fire hungrily ate the house. 7. Love is a thrill ride. This sentence uses: A) Juxtaposition. B) Simile. C) Metaphor. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Metaphor. 8. The clouds were crying all night. A) Personification. B) Alliteration. C) Imagery. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Personification. 9. Which type of figurative language is below?Her hair is a golden river. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Personification. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 10. "That's a piece of cake!" is an example of an: A) Metaphor. B) Simile. C) Idiom. D) Oxymoron. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Idiom. 11. Santa was as quiet as a mouse when he slid down the chimney. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Alliteration. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 12. Read the sentence. Which type of figurative language is it?The popcorn jumped in my mouth so fast that I ate the whole bowl. A) Simile. B) Hyperbole. C) Metaphor. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Personification. 13. Please put away your pencils and take out your IPAD A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Alliteration. D) Personification. E) Symbol. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Alliteration. 14. Choose the best word to complete the onomatopoeia below.The bacon ..... in the pan. A) Oinked. B) Sizzled. C) Fried. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sizzled. 15. "Miss Marce was as busy as a bee" A) Metaphor. B) Alliteration. C) Simile. D) Onomatopoeia. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Simile. 16. The ocean is a sheet of glass reflecting the light of the moon. A) Metaphor. B) Simile. C) Alliteration. D) Idiom. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Metaphor. 17. My dog ate so much he looked like a blimp. What does that even mean? A) Eating so much made him look more round. B) Eating too much made him float in the air. C) Eating too much made him feel full. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Eating so much made him look more round. 18. The grey clouds cried drops of rain. A) Metaphor. B) Simile. C) Idiom. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Personification. 19. Makes a comparison between two unrelated things by stating that one thing is another thing A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Hyperbole. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 20. I'm so thirsty I could drink the Atlantic Ocean.What figurative language is this an example of? A) Personification. B) Alliteration. C) Hyperbole. D) Idiom. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hyperbole. 21. The repetition of consonant sound in words that are close together. A) Alliteration. B) Euphemism. C) Analogy. D) Idiom. E) Onomatopeia. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Alliteration. 22. I slept like a baby last night. What type of figurative language is used in this sentence? A) Hyperbole. B) Metaphor. C) Simile. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Simile. 23. Figure of speech that makes a reference to something else, such as books, movies, places, or pop culture A) Metaphor. B) Allusion. C) Hyperbole. D) Idiom. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Allusion. 24. Use of descriptive words/phrases to create a picture for the reader A) Onomatopoeia. B) Simile. C) Imagery. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Imagery. 25. Because Nick was late for work, he drove faster than a Jedi heading to the Death Star.What is this an example of? A) Alliteration. B) Allusion. C) Metaphor. D) Idiom. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Allusion. ← 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