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 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Asking Jenny the answer was like asking Google. A) She will get you the answer by researching it. B) She is good with technology. C) She knows a lot of information. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) She knows a lot of information. 2. The cooing baby was just as cute as a kitten! A) Simile. B) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 3. The elephant in the room. A) Metaphor. B) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Metaphor. 4. Sara is as quiet as a mouse. A) Metaphor. B) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Simile. 5. His punches where as overwhelming as avalanches of snow. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Neither. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 6. The cookies were so overcooked that they were as hard as rocks. A) Nice and soft. B) Really hard. C) Just right. D) Fluffy. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Really hard. 7. A simile is a figure of speech that directly compares two things using like or as. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 8. They are as alike as two peas in a pod A) Metaphor. B) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Simile. 9. What is the meaning? The football player was as strong as an ox as he tackled the quarterback. A) He smelled like an animal. B) He was extremely strong. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He was extremely strong. 10. My fingers are ice. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Neither. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 11. They wore jeans, which made me stand out like a sore thumb. A) Metaphor. B) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Simile. 12. Is this sentence a simile or metaphor?You are an angel. A) Metaphor. B) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Metaphor. 13. Make this a metaphor. Tom is a ..... A) Busy boy. B) Sly fox. C) Brave boy like a real hero. D) Handsome boy. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sly fox. 14. If you have a lot of thoughts in your head and are feeling confused, you can use a metaphor and say that your head is ..... A) Running crazy. B) Spinning. C) Weaving. D) Turning. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Spinning. 15. My backpack was like a bag of bricks. A) Metaphor. B) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Simile. 16. The toddler was a hurricane destroying the playroom.What two things are being compared? A) Toddler and playroom. B) Hurricane and playroom. C) Toddler and hurricane. D) Hurricane and destroying. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Toddler and hurricane. 17. Similes and metaphors compare two unlike things. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 18. "When Adele walked through the store, each shiny pair of high heels called out to her." What is being personified? A) High heels. B) Adele. C) Her. D) The store. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) High heels. 19. Complete this simile. His character was as solid as ..... A) Brick. B) Wool. C) Water. D) Wax. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Brick. 20. Which two things are being compared in this sentence:Jamie was as slow as a turtle. A) Jamie and slow. B) Jamie and a turtle. C) Slow and turtle. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Jamie and a turtle. 21. Simile or Metaphor?He was so scared that he turned as white as a ghost. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 22. The class was as loud as a zoo. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) No comparison. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 23. Mary said the medicine was as sweet as candy.This sentence contains what type of figurative language? A) Proverb. B) Metaphor. C) Simile. D) Idiom. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Simile. 24. When my dad wakes up, at first he is angry as a bear. A) He is kind. B) He is furry. C) He growls. D) He is grumpy. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) He is grumpy. 25. Mrs. Waddlekins is a sea cow. A) Metaphor. B) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Metaphor. 26. What is figurative language? A) Language that means more than what the words say. B) Language that means just what the words say. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Language that means more than what the words say. 27. The inside of Lisa's closet looks like a box of crayons. A) Simile. B) Methaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 28. That kitten was a ball of evil wrapped up in a sack of feline fur. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Neither. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 29. Why shouldn't you use a dead metaphor? A) Because it is the East, and Juliet is the sun. B) Because it is a slippery slope. C) Because it's a snooze. D) Because it's raining cats and dogs. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Because it's a snooze. 30. The computer in our classroom is a dinosaur. A) The computer is old. B) The computer is scary. C) The computer is brand new. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The computer is old. 31. All of the following are similes except for A) Monique likes to listen to music while she studies. B) The rumors spread like wildfire about who was going to be the new teacher. C) Emily's new jacket fit like a glove. D) I always ask Leo for help because he is as wise as an owl. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Monique likes to listen to music while she studies. 32. She can be a snail sometimes A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Neither. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 33. My sister is a clown. A) My sister is mad. B) My sister is funny. C) My sister is crying. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) My sister is funny. 34. What two things are being compared in this sentence:Patrick was as busy as a bee. A) Patrick and busy. B) Patrick and bee. C) Was and as. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Patrick and bee. 35. Which sentence contains a metaphor? A) You behaved like absolute angels. B) Being with my students was pure heaven. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Being with my students was pure heaven. 36. Her heart is made of gold. A) Metaphor. B) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Metaphor. 37. Christian is as busy as a bee A) Simile. B) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 38. Which sentence has a simile? A) The sun dazzled is with its brightness. B) Tim likes to eat bananas with peanut butter. C) The girls are like two peas in a pod. D) We ran as fast as we could. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The girls are like two peas in a pod. 39. Which of the following sentences contains a simile? A) The dog said, "Bark! Bark!!". B) She is as thin as a stick!. C) This food is delicious!. D) She is a skinny little thing!. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) She is as thin as a stick!. 40. He is as funny as a monkey. A) Metaphor. B) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Simile. 41. When I heard that my sister broke the case of roses and didn't admit it, I was surprised because she's usually such an angel. A) Is well-behaved. B) Very naughty. C) Likes to wear white. D) Is mean. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Is well-behaved. 42. What is the structure of a simile? A) Similes use connecting words like 'like' or 'as' to establish a clear comparison. B) Similes create vivid mental images by stating that one thing is another thing. C) Similes are often used to emphasize a particular quality or attribute of the subject. D) Similes directly compare two different things without using connecting words. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Similes use connecting words like 'like' or 'as' to establish a clear comparison. 43. The golden colors faded from the sky as the sun disappeared over the horizon. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Neither. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Neither. 44. Simile or Metaphor? Tonya is as sweet as sugar. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 45. What is being compared in the following simile? Paul tried to help Carolyn get safely off the ice, but he was so nervous that his legs felt like jello. A) Carolyn and Paul. B) Legs and ice. C) Legs and jello. D) Paul and jello. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Legs and jello. 46. Complete the sentence with a metaphor."Sometimes I feel my home is ..... " complained the boy. A) A prison. B) Very hot. C) As silent as the grave. D) Empty. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A prison. 47. Simile or Metaphor?The classroom was a zoo. A) Metaphor. B) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Metaphor. 48. Simile, metaphor, or personification? The glasses danced on the shelf during the earthquake. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Personification. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Personification. 49. A direct comparison between two unlike things WITHOUT using the words "like" or "as" is called a: A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Alliteration. D) Dialogue. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 50. A comparison of two unlike things without using "like" or "as is: A) Simile. B) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 51. What does this metaphor mean?The baby girl's smile was the sun on dark days. A) The baby girl's smile made the moon come out. B) The baby never smiled. C) The baby girl's smile made other people happy. D) When the baby girl smiled, the sun would rise. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The baby girl's smile made other people happy. 52. After playing football on a cold January day, his fingers were icicles. Simile or Metaphor? A) Simile. B) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 53. What two things are being compared in the following metaphor?Her diary was her best friend, guarding her secrets. A) "best friend" and "secrets". B) "diary" and "secrets". C) "diary" and "her best friend". D) "her" and "diary". Show Answer Correct Answer: C) "diary" and "her best friend". 54. No one invites Liam to parties because he is a wet blanket. A) Metaphor. B) Simile. C) Neither. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Metaphor. 55. The strong men live on, fighting, singing, as lucky as plungers. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Neither. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 56. The boy across the street has a heart as big as all outdoors. What does the simile in the sentence tell you? A) The boy has an enlarged heart. B) The boy is very giving and kind. C) The boy is very selfish and mean. D) The boy wears an oxygen mask. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The boy is very giving and kind. 57. The pillow was a cloud when I put my head on it after a long day. A) Metaphor. B) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Metaphor. 58. Simile or Metaphor?She was a shining star after the concert had ended. A) Metaphor. B) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Metaphor. 59. 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. 60. When she runs, she is a cheetah. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Neither. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. ← 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