This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Figures Of Speech > Similes And Metaphors – Quiz 14 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Similes And Metaphors Quiz 14 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Simile or Metaphor? She is as thin as a toothpick. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 2. How effective are the similes and the metaphors? A) They can help you create a vivid image, convey emotions, and make connections between different ideas. B) They help you to identify the story's title. C) They help you to show emphasis. D) They help you to organize data. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) They can help you create a vivid image, convey emotions, and make connections between different ideas. 3. The handshake felt as warm as her mother's laundry. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 4. Simile or Metaphor? My big brother is a couch potato. A) Metaphor. B) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Metaphor. 5. My grandma is as sweet as sugar. A) She loves CHOCOLATE!. B) She likes to bake sweets. C) She is very nice. D) She wears sweet perfume. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) She is very nice. 6. My grandma is as sweet as sugar.What is the meaning of the simile in the sentence? A) She wears sweet perfume. B) She is very nice. C) She loves CHOCOLATE!. D) She likes to bake sweets. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) She is very nice. 7. What is being conveyed? Her lips were cherries A) Her lips were fruity. B) Her lips were red. C) Her lips were full. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Her lips were red. 8. He was sneaky like a coyote. A) Metaphor. B) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Simile. 9. Read the poem below:The Drum by Nikki GiovanniDaddy says the world isa drum tight and hardand I told himI'm gonna beat out my own rhythm What comparison does the poem make? A) The speaker compares her father to the world. B) The speaker compares her father to a drum. C) The poem compares the world to a drum. D) She compares herself to a rhythm. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The poem compares the world to a drum. 10. The bags felt like I was carrying bricks. A) They were square. B) The bags are full. C) The bags will break. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) None of the above. 11. Complete the simile:'Her laughter was as contagious as ..... '? A) A yawn. B) A sneeze. C) A cold. D) A cough. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A yawn. 12. The couch was a pile of marshmallows. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Neither. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 13. Ian is as tall as the Empire State Building. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 14. Does the following sentence contain a metaphor or a smile:The train rolled on all day long, to the song of the metal against the tracks. A) Metaphor. B) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Metaphor. 15. The bruise on George's foot felt as big as an elephant. What are the words in blue an example of? A) Metaphor. B) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Simile. 16. Identify whether the sentence is a simile or a metaphor. That man is an ogre. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 17. Simile or Metaphor? My teacher is a dragon. A) Metaphor. B) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Metaphor. 18. 'Kenneth is like a bull in a china shop'. This phrase means 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. 19. What sentence contains a simile? A) After walking on the hot summer day, Julie's mouth felt as dry as a bone. B) My dogs like chewing on bones. C) Sam walked carefully when he broke a bone in his foot. D) The soil is bone dry after weeks with no rain. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) After walking on the hot summer day, Julie's mouth felt as dry as a bone. 20. Your eyes shine like the sun. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 21. He is acting like a girl A) Metaphor. B) Similes. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Similes. 22. At lunch, we were pigs. A) We ate really fast and messy. B) Pigs were at the lunch table. C) We ate a pig. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) We ate really fast and messy. 23. True or False:A metaphor is a comparison that says something is something else. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 24. Does the following sentence contain a metaphor or a smile:The snow was a blanket covering the yard. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 25. The new boy's eyes were as green as the finest of emeralds. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Neither. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 26. I liked mashed potatoes. A) Metaphor. B) Neither. C) Simile. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Neither. 27. What is the meaning of the following metaphor?Her diary was her best friend, guarding all of her secrets. A) Her secrets weren't safe in her diary. B) Her diary was open so that everyone could see her secrets. C) Her secrets are safe because they are written in her diary, which could not talk. D) Her best friend was writing in her diary. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Her secrets are safe because they are written in her diary, which could not talk. 28. Watching your presentation was like watching grass grow. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 29. Compares two different things, does not use the words "like" or "as." A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 30. Identify the simile in the following sentences. A) Time is a thief. B) The world is a stage. C) Her eyes sparkled like diamonds. D) The wind whispered secrets. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Her eyes sparkled like diamonds. 31. "Lucky for you, that's what I like / That's what I like" A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Neither. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Neither. 32. When Angela says, "The baby's skin was like a rose petal, " she means: A) The baby's skin is dry and peeling. B) The baby's skin is soft and delicate. C) The baby's skin is cracked. D) The baby's skin was sticky. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The baby's skin is soft and delicate. 33. Determine the type of sentence. A) Idiom. B) Metaphor. C) Simile. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Simile. 34. Identify the metaphor in the following sentences. A) The world is like a stage. B) The world seemed like a stage. C) The world was as big as a stage. D) The world is a stage. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The world is a stage. 35. Why is it important to choose your images carefully when using figurative language? A) To be as creative as possible. B) To prevent others from having unusual ideas. C) So others will believe you are intelligent. D) So others will understand your desired effect. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) So others will understand your desired effect. 36. What is the primary difference between a simile and a metaphor? A) A simile uses 'like' or 'as', while a metaphor does not. B) A metaphor uses 'like' or 'as', while a simile does not. C) Both use 'like' or 'as' interchangeably. D) Neither uses 'like' or 'as'. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A simile uses 'like' or 'as', while a metaphor does not. 37. Which metaphor below would be helpful in describing a huge crowd of people at a festival? A) The people marched through the streets with purpose, like an army marching toward battle. B) The streets were a barren desert, and the music echoed off of empty storefronts. C) A sea of delighted people swept over the sidewalks and into the street as they passed from attraction to attraction. D) I was on an emotional roller coaster on the day of the festival. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A sea of delighted people swept over the sidewalks and into the street as they passed from attraction to attraction. 38. What is the bus being compared to?The school bus is a magical carriage taking me to a castle of learning each day. A) Magic. B) Day. C) Carriage. D) School. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Carriage. 39. Life is a roller coaster. What does this metaphor mean? A) They have a new roller coaster at Darien Lake. B) You're in danger when you're on a roller coaster. C) Life has ups and downs. D) I shouldn't ride roller coasters. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Life has ups and downs. 40. How many examples of similes are in this passage?Getting all of the kids into the car was like herding cattle. All six of the family members were packed into the car like sardines. Jennie felt like the car was as cramped as a coffin! The car was like a speeding bullet, flying down the road to get to the wedding on time. A) 2. B) 5. C) 3. D) 4. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 4. 41. What is the meaning of the following Simile?Sylvia's new lotion made her face as smooth as a baby's booty. A) Sylvia's face was really rough. B) Sylvia's face was really smooth. C) Sylvia's face was oily. D) Sylvia's face was really dry. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sylvia's face was really smooth. 42. She was lava red from being sunburned. A) Metaphor. B) Simile. C) Neither. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Metaphor. 43. The cat's fur was a blanket of warmth. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 44. Identify the figure of speech in the following sentence:'The classroom was a zoo during the lunch break.' A) Personification. B) Hyperbole. C) Simile. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Metaphor. 45. Similes and metaphors are poetic devices. What does this mean? A) Every poem includes at least one simile or metaphor. B) Similes and metaphors are commonly found in poetry. C) Similes are metaphors are rarely used in poetry. D) Similes and metaphors are tricks that poets use to trick their readers. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Similes and metaphors are commonly found in poetry. 46. "As brave as a lion" is an example of what? A) Metaphor. B) Personification. C) Simile. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Simile. 47. Don't put all your eggs in one basket. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Idiom. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Idiom. 48. Simile or metaphor?The swings on the playground are dragons swaying back and forth. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 49. They fought like cats and dogs. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 50. 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 the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The snow covered the entire ground. 51. It's raining like cats and dogs out there! A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 52. What are the swings being compared to?The swings moved as gently as leaves in the breeze. A) Breeze. B) The playground. C) Gently. D) Leaves. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Leaves. 53. Simile or metaphor?The ice cream truck was as cold as a polar bear's nose. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 54. Identify the metaphor in the following sentence:'The classroom was a zoo during the lunch break.' A) The classroom was full of animals. B) The classroom was a zoo. C) The classroom was noisy. D) The classroom was like a zoo. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The classroom was a zoo. 55. Identify the simile in the following sentence:The old man's memory was as sharp as a tack. A) As sharp as a tack. B) As sharp as a needle. C) As dull as a tack. D) As bright as a tack. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) As sharp as a tack. 56. Her tears were two rivers flowing down her cheeks. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 57. Which of the following is a simile? A) His heart is a rock. B) Her eyes were as blue as the ocean. C) The moon is a spotlight. A) His heart is a cloud. B) The sun is a flower. C) Her eyes were as blue as the ocean. D) Their laughter is a rainbow. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Her eyes were as blue as the ocean. 58. What is the literary device used in the sentence:'The stars were diamonds in the sky'? A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Personification. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 59. Which of the following could be added to the phrase, "My cat is black" to form a simile? A) And furry. B) All over. C) In color. D) As ink. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) As ink. 60. Key words for similes are what? A) There are no key words. B) Is, are, were, was. C) Like or as. D) That or them. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Like or as. ← 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