This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Figures Of Speech > Similes And Metaphors – Quiz 11 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Similes And Metaphors Quiz 11 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. 'Her eyes were sparkling diamonds' is an example of: A) Simile. B) Personification. C) Metaphor. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Metaphor. 2. Your handwriting looks like chicken scratch! A) Metaphor. B) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Simile. 3. If seen from above the factory, the workers would have looked like clock parts. A) Metaphor. B) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Simile. 4. 'The cookies were so overcooked that they were as hard as rocks'. This phrase means that the cookies were ..... A) Nice and soft. B) Really hard. C) Just right. D) Fluffy. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Really hard. 5. Which of these famous advertising slogans is a metaphor? A) Taste the rainbow. B) I'm loving it. C) Why is it so?. D) Just do it. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Taste the rainbow. 6. The flooded field was a pond. A) Metaphor. B) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Metaphor. 7. My dog is black as night. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Neither. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 8. Which idiom goes the best with this sentence? I have a problem. A) I'm getting a hatI. B) I'm in a pickle. C) Don't put all of your eggs in one basket. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) I'm in a pickle. 9. The pond was like a mirror. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 10. What is the purpose of using similes and metaphors in writing? A) To make the writing more straightforward. B) To confuse the reader. C) To make the writing more boring. D) To create vivid descriptions and convey deeper meanings. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) To create vivid descriptions and convey deeper meanings. 11. Is this a simile or a metaphor? The flashing fireflies are nature's Christmas lights. A) Metaphor. B) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Metaphor. 12. The library was as quiet as a graveyard A) Metaphor. B) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Simile. 13. Choose meaning of SIMILES OR METAPHORS A) A Simile uses only as. B) A metaphor doesn't use like or as. C) A simile uses both like and as. D) A metaphor uses Id k. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A simile uses both like and as. 14. Which of these is not a simile? A) Max has a heart of gold. B) Alexis is as proud as a peacock. C) Maya sings like an angel. D) James swims like a fish. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Max has a heart of gold. 15. A comparison of two unlike things using the words "like" or "as" is an example of a ..... A) Simile. B) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 16. What two things are being compared in this sentence? His beard was wild like a lion's mane. A) He and beard. B) Beard and wild. C) Lion's mane and wild. D) Beard and lion's mane. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Beard and lion's mane. 17. The baby is cute as a button. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 18. My mom was as excited as a kid on Christmas morning when we got a pool. A) A little happy. B) Thrilled and very happy. C) Sleepy. D) Bored. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Thrilled and very happy. 19. Her artistic sense was exquisitely refined, like someone who can tell butter from I Can't Believe It's Not Butter. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 20. The strawberry is like a rose A) Metaphor. B) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Metaphor. 21. The responsibility of being team captain was a weight on her shoulders. This is an example of a: A) Metaphor. B) Simile. C) Neither. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Metaphor. 22. My noisy sister was like a buzzing fly. A) Metaphor. B) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Simile. 23. She had hair like sunshine. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) No comparison. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 24. The dancer is a graceful swan. A) Metaphor. B) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Metaphor. 25. Sleeping on the new mattress was like sleeping on a cloud. A) The mattress was floating in the air. B) The mattress was white. C) The firmness of the mattress changed like the weather. D) The mattress was soft and comfortable to sleep on. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The mattress was soft and comfortable to sleep on. 26. Identify whether the sentence is a simile or a metaphor. She is as cunning as a fox. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 27. My brother and I fight like cats and dogs. A) Metaphor. B) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Simile. 28. A simile is a figure of speech that ..... A) Uses the words "like" or "as" but doesn't compare things. B) Compares things using the words "like" or "as". C) Uses a word that sounds like what it means. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Compares things using the words "like" or "as". 29. She is on a roller coaster of emotions. A) She's having a lot of fun. B) She's scared. C) She is having lots of different feelings. D) She's going to vomit soon. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) She is having lots of different feelings. 30. Choose the correct simile. The laptop is as ..... A) Quiet as a drum. B) Cunning as a sheep. C) Blind as a rat. D) Light as a feather. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Light as a feather. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesGrammar QuizzesEnglish Grammar QuizzesSimiles And Metaphors Quiz 1Similes And Metaphors Quiz 2Similes And Metaphors Quiz 3Similes And Metaphors Quiz 4Similes And Metaphors Quiz 5Similes And Metaphors Quiz 6Similes And Metaphors Quiz 7Similes And Metaphors Quiz 8 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books