This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Writing Style > Figurative Language – Quiz 8 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Figurative Language Quiz 8 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What technique is being used in the following passage:She swims like a fish. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Personification. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 2. Name the figurative language: "Bees busily buzzed through the blossoms." A) Idiom. B) Hyperbole. C) Alliteration. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Alliteration. 3. "This is the BEST day of my life!" A) Personification. B) Simile. C) Hyperbole. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hyperbole. 4. A funny exaggeration is called a/an A) Alliteration. B) Hyperbole. C) Simile. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hyperbole. 5. Claims, evidence and research can be included as any one of the forms of creative writing. (TRUE or FALSE?) A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 6. The restless children were hopping about like kernels in a corn popper.What figure of speech is this an example of? A) Metaphor. B) Simile. C) Hyperbole. D) Idiom. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Simile. 7. 'Pop! The cork flew from the champagne bottle.' The word 'pop' is an example of: A) Personification. B) Onomatopoeia. C) Simile. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Onomatopoeia. 8. Time flies by! Is an example of ..... A) Idiom. B) Simile. C) Onomatopoeia. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Idiom. 9. What kind of figurative language is being used?Avery ate an amazing apple at Andrew's. A) Hyperbole. B) Alliteration. C) Simile. D) Imagery. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Alliteration. 10. What type of figurative language is being used in the sentence below?The walker was a turtle when she made her way through the race. A) Personification. B) Onomatopoeia. C) Alliteration. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Metaphor. 11. What type of figurative language makes a comparison by saying that one thing is another thing. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Personification. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 12. A comparison where one thing is said to be another is (a) A) Simile. B) Hyperbole. C) A. metaphor. D) Onomatopoeia. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A. metaphor. 13. An obvious exaggeration, not meant to be taken literally. A) Foreshadowing. B) Hyperbole. C) Idiom. D) Imagery. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hyperbole. 14. What figurative language device is used in this lyric? "I need you like a heart needs a beat" A) Metaphor. B) Simile. C) Symbol. D) Rhyme. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Simile. 15. "Look outside! It's raining cats and dogs!" is an example of ..... A) Simile. B) Onomatopoeia. C) Idiom. D) Personfication. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Idiom. 16. "The baby's cry was music to her ears." This sentence is an example of which figurative language? A) Onomatopoeia. B) Metaphor. C) Simile. D) Personification. E) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 17. The moon smiled at me A) Personification. B) Simile. C) Metaphor. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Personification. 18. Everyone agrees that Mr. Lawson is the best teacher in the entire world! A) Onomatopoeia. B) Simile. C) Hyperbole. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hyperbole. 19. An alliteration is ..... A) A word or phrase for one thing that is used to refer to another thing in order to show or suggest that they are similar. B) The repetition of usually initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words or syllables. C) Representing a thing or idea as a person in art, literature. D) Exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The repetition of usually initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words or syllables. 20. Mrs. Gordy asked us to be quiet a million times. A) Hyperbole. B) Simile. C) Allusion. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hyperbole. 21. Jillian sang as beautifully as a bird A) Hyberbole. B) Metaphore. C) Simile. D) Idiom. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Simile. 22. My computer stubbornly refused to start. A) Simile. B) Onomatopoeia. C) Personification. D) Idiom. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Personification. 23. Comparing two things WITHOUT using LIKE or AS is called A) Metaphor. B) Simile. C) Alliteration. D) Stanza. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Metaphor. 24. What type of figurative language gives human characteristics to objects or animals? A) Simile. B) Personification. C) Onomatopoeia. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Personification. 25. When the speaker says the opposite of what he or she means. A) Pun. B) Verbal irony. C) Allusion. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Verbal irony. ← 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 9Figurative Language Quiz 10 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books