This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Figures Of Speech > Similes And Metaphors – Quiz 16 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Similes And Metaphors Quiz 16 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. They were fighting like cats and dogs. A) Simile. B) Not a simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 2. Ted was as nervous as a mouse in a room full of cats. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 3. Her diamond eyes shone brightly at me. A) Metaphor. B) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Metaphor. 4. Make this a simile. She sings ..... A) At the crowd. B) At lunch. C) Very well. D) Like a bird. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Like a bird. 5. Which of the following is the definition of a Simile? A) A word that represents sounds that we often hear around us. B) A comparison between two things. C) A comparison between two things using the clue words "like" or "as" . D) A group of words that often all start with the same letters. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A comparison between two things using the clue words "like" or "as" . 6. Ellana's hair is as dark as the sky at midnight. A) Metaphor. B) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Simile. 7. He pounced like a tiger. A) Metaphor. B) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Simile. 8. I slept like a baby last night. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 9. The sensory details in a story are details that ..... A) Use the five senses. B) Use dollars and cents. C) Use just sights and smells. D) Use big words. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Use the five senses. 10. That knife is as sharp as a razor. A) Metaphor. B) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Simile. 11. "This kid is Rated R." -Wonder A) Simile. B) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 12. What is the meaning of the metaphor in the following sentence? Dominic is a walking dictionary. A) He is smart. B) He talks a lot. C) He knows a lot of big words. D) He walks and talks at the same time. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He knows a lot of big words. 13. Olivia's hair is silk. A) Metaphor. B) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Metaphor. 14. The musicians spun great webs of sound. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Neither. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 15. A ..... compares two things using the words like or as. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 16. How can similes and metaphors enhance writing? A) By making the writing more straightforward. B) By making the writing more boring. C) By making the writing more confusing. D) By engaging readers in a more imaginative and expressive way. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) By engaging readers in a more imaginative and expressive way. 17. Simile or Metaphor? Ryan and Fred are two peas in a pod. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 18. Students are sponges in the classroom. A) Students soak up water. B) Students soak up knowledge. C) The student is turning into a sponge. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Students soak up knowledge. 19. The faces at the street crossings shine like a row of eggs on a pantry shelf. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Neither. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 20. "Ma, I'm hungry like a scavenger." A) Metaphor. B) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Simile. 21. Which is an example of a simile? A) The hurricane screamed through the town. B) His room looked as if a hurricane came through. C) His room was a hurricane of a mess. D) A hurricane! AHHH!. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) His room looked as if a hurricane came through. 22. The best friends had so much in common they were like two peas in a pod. Does the sentence use a simile or a metaphor? A) Metaphor. B) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Simile. 23. You shoot me down but I won't fallI am titanium A) Metaphor. B) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Metaphor. 24. A ..... compares 2 unlike things by saying that one thing is another. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 25. Choose 2 metaphors A) She's a shiny star!. B) Cool like a peach. C) Life is a highway. D) Peaches taste bomb.com. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) She's a shiny star!. 26. Third floor on the West Side, me and youHandsome, you're a mansion with a view A) Metaphor. B) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Metaphor. 27. The toddler was a hurricane destroying the playroom. This is an example of: A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Neither . D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 28. Simile or Metaphor? My teacher is a walking dictionary. A) Metaphor. B) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Metaphor. 29. Simile, metaphor, or personification? The rusty door hinge screamed as the door opened. A) Metaphor. B) Simile. C) Personification. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Personification. 30. She was a couch potato in the gravy boat of life, flopping dejectedly on the sofa. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. ← 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