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Figurative Language Quiz

Total questions: 30

Worksheet time: 3hrs 30mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Tommy ate a hundred bowls of cereal for breakfast.

a)

Hyperbole

b)

Allusion

c)

Idiom

d)

Personification

2.

The cat purred contentedly as he basked in the sun.

a)

Hyperbole

b)

Personification

c)

Idiom

d)

Onomatopoeia

3.

The highway was a black ribbon stretching across the country.

a)

Idiom

b)

Metaphor

c)

Simile

d)

Allusion

4.

Stanley felt like the Captain of the Titanic as he began to realize that he wasn't going to finish the project on time.

a)

Hyperbole

b)

Allusion

c)

Onomatopoeia

d)

Metaphor

5.

The warm wind washed over us.

a)

Alliteration

b)

Onomatopoeia

c)

Simile

d)

Metaphor

6.

Molly waved her hand. "That's old news. Tell me something I don't know."

a)

Personification

b)

Idiom

c)

Metaphor

d)

Hyperbole

7.

The thristy bushes drank from rain puddles all around them.

a)

Metaphor

b)

Personification

c)

Onomatopoeia

d)

Idiom

8.

Dan grabbed Mary's hand and pulled her toward the dance floor. "Let's cut a rug," he said.

a)

Idiom

b)

Onomatopoeia

c)

Simile

d)

Metaphor

9.

When she was nervous, Samantha would often clam up.

a)

Personification

b)

Hyperbole

c)

Idiom

d)

Metaphor

10.

His stomach growled like an angry dog.

a)

Simile

b)

Hyperbole

c)

Allusion

d)

Metaphor

11.

Panic crept into the classroom when the teacher announced the pop quiz.

a)

Personification

b)

Allusion

c)

Simile

d)

Idiom

12.

The auditorium was an ocean of faces.

a)

Simile

b)

Personification

c)

Allusion

d)

Metaphor

13.

These shoes are killing me. I can't wait to take them off.

a)

Hyperbole

b)

Allusion

c)

Simile

d)

Metaphor

14.

We waded in the water to the dock.

a)

Idiom

b)

Metaphor

c)

Alliteration

d)

Allusion

15.

His keys jingled in his pocket.

a)

Alliteration

b)

Onomatopoeia

c)

Idiom

d)

Simile

16.

The sleeping cars were tucked in under a blanket of snow.

a)

Simile

b)

Metaphor

c)

Idiom

d)

Personification

17.

The bunny's fur was as soft as velvet.

a)

Simile

b)

Metaphor

c)

Idiom

d)

Allusion

18.

What is a metaphor?

a)

A word that makes the sound it represents

b)

A comparison of two unrelated things

c)

An exaggerated statement

19.
A simile.....
a)
tells what a person likes
b)
compares two unlike things using the words like or as
c)
compares two similar things 
d)
tells what a person is doing
20.
the repetition of the initial consonant sound in two or more neighboring words or syllables
a)
onomatopoeia
b)
personification
c)
simile
d)
alliteration
21.
What is figurative language?
a)
It's language not to be taken literal.
b)
Languge that means exactly what's said.
22.
A word that imitates a sound, for example BUZZ and POP:
a)
Onomatopoeia
b)
hyperbole
23.
An extreme exaggeration from the truth.
a)
Assonance
b)
Rhyme
c)
Simile
d)
Hyperbole
24.
giving human traits to something that is not human
a)
hyperbole
b)
metaphor
c)
personification
d)
simile
25.

How would allusion be defined?

a)

a reference to a famous person, place, or event

b)

words that involve one of the five senses

c)

two lines working as a unit

d)

a form or wordplay with similar sounding sounds

26.

Which of the following is NOT an example of an allusion?

a)

his wife was his Achille's heel

b)

he lies so much, I'm surprised his nose doesn't grow like Pinnochio's

c)

she transformed her backyard to look like the Garden of Eden.

d)

we'll miss him so much because he was the best dog ever

27.

Read the source of the allusion.


In Roman mythology, Cupid is the god of love. He often shoots arrows at people to make them love each other.


What is the meaning of the allusion in the sentence below?


I know I'm playing Cupid, but I think Bob and my cousin should spend more time together.

a)

trying to make people fall in love

b)

sharing or expressing an unpopular point of view

c)

saying kind and pleasant things about people

28.

What is the meaning of the allusion?

My brother is a regular Einstein! He always seems to know the answer!

a)

His brother is unintelligent

b)

His brother works hard

c)

His brother is intelligent

d)

His brother is lazy

29.

What is the meaning of the allusion?

We do serious work in the classroom, it's not a Mickey Mouse Club in here!

a)

We don't keep mice

b)

We don't goof off

c)

We love to eat cheese

d)

We don't like working

30.

What is the meaning of the allusion?

Ask me anything, I'm like Google over here.

a)

I can search answers

b)

I know all the answers

c)

I don't know anything

d)

I have some answers