This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Figures Of Speech > Similes And Metaphors – Quiz 1 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Similes And Metaphors Quiz 1 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The metaphor, "The boss' words were crystal clear" means A) It's obvious what the boss meant. B) The boss wanted someone to buy him/her clear crystal. C) What did the boss want?. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It's obvious what the boss meant. 2. I like to eat ice cream. This is a ..... A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Neither. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Neither. 3. Which figure of speech is used in the sentence:'The thunder roared angrily in the distance.'? A) Simile. B) Hyperbole. C) Metaphor. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Personification. 4. During stressful situations, she is as cool as a cucumber. Simile or Metaphor? A) Metaphor. B) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Simile. 5. She is as slow as a snail. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 6. Finish this simile:Even though there was a fire, he was ..... A) Brave like a lion!. B) A brave lion!. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Brave like a lion!. 7. The smell coming from Mrs. Pancher's room was like clam juice. A) Metaphor. B) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Simile. 8. Simile or Metaphor?He is as strong as an ox. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 9. What does the metaphor mean?Mandy's hair was a rat's nest. A) Mandy's hair is a tangled mess. B) Mandy's hair is braided. C) Mandy's hair is freshly brushed. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mandy's hair is a tangled mess. 10. The overcooked steak was as hard as a rock. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 11. Simile or Metaphor:The city is a sea of sadness. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Personification. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 12. Explain the meaning of the metaphor in the following sentence. The snow is a white blanket. A) The snow was cold and needed a blanket. B) The snow was covered by a blanket. C) The snow covered the entire ground. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The snow covered the entire ground. 13. The sky on a clear day is like the inside of a huge balloon swelling up, up, up into space. My cat is a wisp of smoke that slips between the gap in the fence on a cold morning. Which sentence is a simile? A) The sky on a clear day is like the inside of a huge balloon swelling up, up, up into space. B) My cat is a wisp of smoke that slips between the gap in the fence on a cold morning. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The sky on a clear day is like the inside of a huge balloon swelling up, up, up into space. 14. "You ain't nothin but a hound dog, Cryin' all the time ..... " What type of person is the subject of the song? A) A loyal guardian. B) A whiner. C) A hound dog. D) Someone with droopy jowls like a hound. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A whiner. 15. What two words are being compared in the following sentence?The cat's fur was a blanket of warmth. A) Cat and blanket. B) Fur and warmth. C) Fur and blanket. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Fur and blanket. 16. What does the following metaphor mean? It was raining cats and dogs. A) There are cats and dogs falling from the sky. B) The rain smelled like cats and dogs. C) There were a lot of cats and dogs outside. D) It was raining hard outside. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) It was raining hard outside. 17. Annie's painted face was like a scary jack-o-lantern.What does the simile mean? A) The way Annie's face is painted makes her look scary. B) Annie's mask was a pumpkin. C) Annie dressed up for a masquerade party. D) Annie's eyes glowed like a jack-o-lantern. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The way Annie's face is painted makes her look scary. 18. Simile or Metaphor?The computers at school are old dinosaurs. A) Metaphor. B) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Metaphor. 19. A comparison of two unlike things without using the words "like" or "as" is an example of a ..... A) Metaphor. B) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Metaphor. 20. "It's a bakery here; just trying to get dough" A) Metaphor. B) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Metaphor. 21. What is being personified? The moon guided me through the forest. A) Moon. B) Forest. C) Me. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Moon. 22. He was a busy bee. A) He was extremely busy. B) He wore a striped shirt. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He was extremely busy. 23. Identify whether the sentence is a metaphor or simile:Sid was a Cheetah in the 100-yard dash. A) Metaphor. B) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Metaphor. 24. Kenneth is like a bull in a china shop. A) Kenneth is very rough and clumsy. B) Kenneth isn't feeling well. C) Kenneth is very angry. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Kenneth is very rough and clumsy. 25. Gianluca announced that Queen Muzan of Epic had arrived. What is a word that means the same as announced? A) Whispered. B) Attacked. C) Heralded. D) Jubilant. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Heralded. 26. What's the meaning of this simile? "My mom can be as fiery as a volcano when I don't do my chores on time." A) Her hair is red. B) She talks really loudly. C) She gets really angry. D) She spits when she talks. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) She gets really angry. 27. I'm a hot air balloon that could go to spaceWith the air, like I don't care baby by the way A) Simile. B) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 28. The night was as black as ..... A) Doornail. B) Lead. C) Dirt. D) Coal. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Coal. 29. Kathy is a bear when she's asleep and it's impossible to wake her up! A) Simile. B) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 30. Which of the following are METAPHORS? A) This is as heavy as a feather. B) They are as interesting as a blank sheet of paper. C) You hit the nail on the head!. D) The little soccer player was a tornado on the field!. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The little soccer player was a tornado on the field!. 31. Jaleel is not the smartest crayon in the box. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 32. John runs as fast as lightning. A) Metaphor. B) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Simile. 33. Simile or Metaphor:My sister is like an angel in my life. A) Metaphor. B) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Simile. 34. Which of the following sentences contains a metaphor? A) The sand felt as hot as a frying pan. B) The day was sunny and warm. C) Her dress was a sparkling ruby. D) I have so much homework!. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Her dress was a sparkling ruby. 35. All of the following are metaphors except for A) It took forever to get to my grandma's house because the freeway was a parking lot. B) Sara acted like a baby when she went to the dentist. C) The snow was a blanket that covered the sidewalk. D) I avoid my dad in the morning because he is a crab when he gets out of bed. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sara acted like a baby when she went to the dentist. 36. Is this a simile or a metaphor?She has been living in a bubble. A) Metaphor. B) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Metaphor. 37. Complete the sentence with a simile.After cleaning the cellar, my mum's face was A) Very dirty. B) Black and oily. C) Filthy. D) As black as soot. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) As black as soot. 38. Clint is a toasty tortilla, full of meat. A) Metaphor. B) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Metaphor. 39. The classroom was a zoo. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 40. The judge listened to this witness with a wooden face. A) He looked serious. B) He looked like a puppet. C) He looked funny. D) He has a rough face. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He looked serious. 41. The following sentence is an example of which type of figurative language?The young boy was a skyscraper next to his friend. A) Metaphor. B) Simile. C) Fact. D) Inference. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Metaphor. 42. My mother's love is a warm blanket. Is this a metaphor? A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 43. Select the below phrase that is a simile. A) Her eyes are diamonds. B) She is a shining star. C) My dog is as smelly as a sock. D) Time flies when you are having fun. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) My dog is as smelly as a sock. 44. Simile or metaphor?He was so scared he was as white as a ghost. A) Metaphor. B) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Simile. 45. Caleb was an overbearing cake with salty frosting, and frankly, I was on a diet. A) Metaphor. B) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Metaphor. 46. Xavier's fingers were as cold as ice ..... what is it? And what is being compared? A) Simile, fingers & ice. B) Metaphor, Xavier & fingers. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile, fingers & ice. 47. What does this simile mean?He was so upset that he felt as if he were a pot of hot water ready to boil over. A) He has a stove and he is not a good cook. B) He feels that his anger is almost out of control. C) Someone is making him mad. D) He feels as though he is ready to cry. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He feels that his anger is almost out of control. 48. His music is singing to her ears. A) Metaphor. B) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Metaphor. 49. There I waited, crouched behind my pointed wall of words. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Neither. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 50. What two things are being compared in the simile:"The dried branches were like fingernails on a chalkboard." A) Dried and chalkboard. B) Branches and chalkboard. C) Branches and like. D) Branches and fingernails. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Branches and fingernails. 51. What do similes and metaphors have in common? A) They both use math equations. B) They both use "like" or "as.". C) They can not be used to describe people. D) They compare two or more things. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) They compare two or more things. 52. A simile is like a metaphor. Which of these is a simile? A) Let's go paint the town red. B) Love is a battlefield. C) Life is like a box of chocolates. D) Larry is like his twin Louie. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Life is like a box of chocolates. 53. The bar of soap was a slippery eel during the dog's bath. A) Metaphor. B) Simile. C) Neither. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Metaphor. 54. Simile or metaphor? Cindy is a fish when she swims. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 55. Is this a simile or a metaphor? Ella's neck is long like a giraffes. A) Metaphor. B) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Simile. 56. After the ball was run over by the car, it was as flat as a pancake. What are the words in blue an example of? A) Metaphor. B) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Simile. 57. The clouds look like puffy cotton balls. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 58. I'm feeling as sick as a dog. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 59. Which figure of speech is used in the sentence:'The moon was a ghostly galleon tossed upon cloudy seas.'? A) Personification. B) Hyperbole. C) Simile. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Simile. 60. The sky on a clear day is like the inside of a huge balloon swelling up, up, up into space. My cat is a wisp of smoke that slips between the gap in the fence on a cold morning.Which sentence is a metaphor? A) The sky on a clear day is like the inside of a huge balloon swelling up, up, up into space. 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