This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Writing Style > Figurative Language – Quiz 68 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Figurative Language Quiz 68 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What is the definition of simile? A) A figure of speech that compares two unlike things and uses the words "like" or "as" and they are commonly used in everyday communication. B) A statement that compares two things that are not alike. C) Extreme kind of exaggeration in speech. D) A figure of speech in which an idea or thing is given human attributes and/or feelings or is spoken of as if it were human. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A figure of speech that compares two unlike things and uses the words "like" or "as" and they are commonly used in everyday communication. 2. Giving inanimate objects human characteristics A) Hyperbole. B) Symbole. C) Mood. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Personification. 3. If the author is describing something in an extremely exaggerated way, they are using which type of figurative language? A) Hyperbole. B) Metaphor. C) Simile. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hyperbole. 4. Which sentence contains an example of a HYPERBOLE? A) Beth cried a river when Mark broke up with her. B) How do I love thee? Let me count the ways. C) My parents tied the knot on Valentine's Day. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Beth cried a river when Mark broke up with her. 5. What is a cliche? A) A comparison without like or as. B) Two opposing ideas. C) Tongue twisters. D) An overused phrase or saying. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) An overused phrase or saying. 6. The cheese pizza is calling my name. A) Personification. B) Proverb or adage. C) Metaphor. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Personification. 7. It was so hot today. We practically melted on our way home. A) Hyperbole. B) Simile. C) Personification. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hyperbole. 8. "A short phrase that contains two phrases that contradict each other." A) Oxymoron. B) Alliteration. C) Personification. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Oxymoron. 9. :When human qualities are given to an object or animal. A) Personification. B) Alliteration. C) Hyperbole. D) Idiom. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Personification. 10. When your parents learn about your new plan to raise money, it's going to sink like the Titanic. A) Pun. B) Allusion. C) Euphemism. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Allusion. 11. Slow and steady wins the race. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Idiom. D) Proverb/adage. E) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Proverb/adage. 12. The stars winked at me as I looked up into the sky. A) ONOMATOPOEIA. B) HYPERBOLE. C) SIMILE. D) PERSONIFICATION. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) PERSONIFICATION. 13. Choose the correct type of figurative language found in the following sentence:My mind is a cage that I'm trapped in. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Alliteration. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 14. Mary will be back in just a second. A) HYPERBOLE. B) PERSONIFICATION. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) HYPERBOLE. 15. Gavin's lawn is as green and lush as a golf course. A) Metaphor. B) Simile. C) Hyperbole. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Simile. 16. An expression that is not meant to be taken literally A) Idiom. B) Allusion. C) Alliteration. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Idiom. 17. "I was lightning before the thunder" is what type of figurative language? A) Metaphor. B) Idiom. C) Simile. D) Onomatopoeia. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Metaphor. 18. "Jenny Jenkins jogged in January" is an example of alliteration. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 19. "I am so hungry, I could eat a horse. "What type of figurative language is used in this sentence? A) Hyperbole. B) Personification. C) Onomatopoeia. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hyperbole. 20. The snowballs were bullets, punching me in the chest is an example of: A) A hyperbole/personification. B) A metaphor/personification. C) A simile/metaphor. D) Personification/Onomatopoeia. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A metaphor/personification. 21. This sentence is an example of what: "My clown self arrives when I feel silly." A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Onomatopoeia. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 22. What type of figurative language is this ..... Henry's heart is happy with love for Harriett! A) Simile. B) Onomatopoeia. C) Alliteration. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Alliteration. 23. The wind whispered through the trees. A) Alliteration. B) Metaphor. C) Personification. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Personification. 24. My sister uses so much makeup that she broke the chisel trying to get it off last night. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Personification. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hyperbole. 25. "The sunflowers nodded their yellow heads" is an example of ..... A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Personification. D) Idiom. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Personification. ← 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