This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Figures Of Speech > Similes And Metaphors – Quiz 13 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Similes And Metaphors Quiz 13 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The lake was a mirror on the calm, clear Saturday A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Neither. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 2. The teacher showered him with praise A) Simile. B) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 3. After the walk through the dessert, Kim's tongue felt dry as a bone. What are the words in blue an example of? A) Metaphor. B) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Simile. 4. Math is a puzzle waiting to be solved. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 5. Simile or Metaphor? He is a walking dictionary. A) Metaphor. B) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Metaphor. 6. The snow was as white as a blanket on the ground ..... what are they comparing? A) Ground, snow. B) Blanket, snow. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Blanket, snow. 7. He is a shining star. A) Metaphor. B) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Metaphor. 8. She swooped like a hawk to grab the last piece of chocolate. A) Metaphor. B) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Simile. 9. What is the difference between similes and metaphors? A) Metaphors use like or as to compare two things. B) Metaphors use a common saying to compare two things. C) Similes use an exaggeration to compare two things. D) Similes use like or as to compare two unlike things and metaphors do not. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Similes use like or as to compare two unlike things and metaphors do not. 10. Simile or Metaphor?Her eyes were as bright as the stars. A) Metaphor. B) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Simile. 11. Since Mom has two jobs, she is always as busy as a bee. A) Mom is always doing something. B) Mom is afraid of bees. C) Mom is building a beehive. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mom is always doing something. 12. Which of the following is a characteristic of metaphors? A) Metaphors make comparisons by stating that one thing is another thing. B) Metaphors create vivid mental images by comparing something unfamiliar to something familiar. C) Similes use connecting words like 'like' or 'as' to establish a clear comparison. D) Similes directly compare two different things without using connecting words. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Metaphors make comparisons by stating that one thing is another thing. 13. She ran like the wind across the field. A) She ran fast. B) Her hair blew in the breeze. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) She ran fast. 14. Zendaya was as graceful as a swan A) Simile. B) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 15. Don't count your chickens before they are hatched.This sentence is an example of what type of figurative language? A) Proverb. B) Idiom. C) Simile. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Proverb. 16. "Baby, you're a firework / C'mon show 'em what you're worth" A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Neither. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 17. The simile, "She was white as a ghost, " means that A) The girl died and became a ghost. B) The girl dressed like a ghost for Halloween. C) She was happy and smiling. D) She was nervous and pale-looking. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) She was nervous and pale-looking. 18. I'm as sleepy as a bear that just work up from its winter sleep A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Neither. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 19. Miyah is a little princess in her little pink dress A) Simile. B) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 20. The cookies were so overcooked that they were as hard as rocks.The figurative language in this poem is really telling us that the cookies were what? A) Nice and soft. B) Really hard. C) Just right. D) Fluffy. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Really hard. 21. The sound of the rain was like footsteps on the roof. This is an example of: A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Neither. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 22. Simile or Metaphor? The assignment was a breeze. A) Metaphor. B) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Metaphor. 23. What two things are being compared in the metaphor:"Her tears were rivers flowing down her cheeks." A) Her and cheeks. B) Tears and rivers. C) Rivers and flowing. D) Rivers and cheeks. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Tears and rivers. 24. "Your girl's on me like a glue stick" A) Simile. B) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 25. Similes and metaphors are used to make writing more interesting. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 26. Simile or Metaphor:My father is a bear in the morning. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 27. David had a heart of gold.The sentence contains what type of figurative language? A) Idiom. B) Proverb. C) Simile. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Metaphor. 28. The pizza was a little slice of heaven. A) Metaphor. B) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Metaphor. 29. Choose the best ending to the metaphor below:Mike is so funny! Mike is a . A) Cartoon. B) Clown. C) Friend. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Clown. 30. "Food?" Chris inquired, popping out of his seat like a toaster strudel. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. ← 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