This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Figures Of Speech > Similes And Metaphors – Quiz 2 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Similes And Metaphors Quiz 2 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Jaleel is not the smartest crayon in the box. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 2. John runs as fast as lightning. A) Metaphor. B) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Simile. 3. Simile or Metaphor:My sister is like an angel in my life. A) Metaphor. B) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Simile. 4. 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. 5. 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. 6. Is this a simile or a metaphor?She has been living in a bubble. A) Metaphor. B) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Metaphor. 7. 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. 8. Clint is a toasty tortilla, full of meat. A) Metaphor. B) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Metaphor. 9. The classroom was a zoo. A) Metaphor. B) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Metaphor. 10. The judge listened to this witness with a wooden face. A) He looked like a puppet. B) He has a rough face. C) He looked serious. D) He looked funny. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He looked serious. 11. The following sentence is an example of which type of figurative language?The young boy was a skyscraper next to his friend. A) Simile. B) Inference. C) Fact. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Metaphor. 12. My mother's love is a warm blanket. Is this a metaphor? A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 13. 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. 14. Simile or metaphor?He was so scared he was as white as a ghost. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 15. Caleb was an overbearing cake with salty frosting, and frankly, I was on a diet. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 16. Xavier's fingers were as cold as ice ..... what is it? And what is being compared? A) Metaphor, Xavier & fingers. B) Simile, fingers & ice. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Simile, fingers & ice. 17. 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. 18. His music is singing to her ears. A) Metaphor. B) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Metaphor. 19. 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. 20. 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. 21. 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. 22. A simile is like a metaphor. Which of these is a simile? A) Life is like a box of chocolates. B) Love is a battlefield. C) Let's go paint the town red. D) Larry is like his twin Louie. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Life is like a box of chocolates. 23. 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. 24. Simile or metaphor? Cindy is a fish when she swims. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 25. Is this a simile or a metaphor? Ella's neck is long like a giraffes. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 26. 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. 27. The clouds look like puffy cotton balls. A) Metaphor. B) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Simile. 28. I'm feeling as sick as a dog. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 29. Which figure of speech is used in the sentence:'The moon was a ghostly galleon tossed upon cloudy seas.'? A) Personification. B) Metaphor. C) Hyperbole. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Simile. 30. 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. B) My cat is a wisp of smoke that slips between the gap in the fence on a cold morning. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) My cat is a wisp of smoke that slips between the gap in the fence on a cold morning. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesGrammar QuizzesEnglish Grammar QuizzesSimiles And Metaphors Quiz 1Similes And Metaphors Quiz 3Similes And Metaphors Quiz 4Similes And Metaphors Quiz 5Similes And Metaphors Quiz 6Similes And Metaphors Quiz 7Similes And Metaphors Quiz 8Similes And Metaphors Quiz 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books