This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Figures Of Speech > Similes And Metaphors – Quiz 21 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Similes And Metaphors Quiz 21 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What two things are being compared? George is lightining as he runs the race. A) George and lightning. B) Lightning and race. C) Runs and race. D) George and the race. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) George and lightning. 2. Your voice is like Lea Salonga's voice over roofs at dawn. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Neither. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Neither. 3. The best friends had so much in common they were like two peas in a pod. What are the words in blue an example of? A) Metaphor. B) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Simile. 4. Life is like a box of chocolates. You never know what you're gonna get! A) Metaphor. B) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Simile. 5. The paper is as light as a feather. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 6. "Life is a b ..... and death is her sister" A) Simile. B) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 7. Explain the meaning of the simile in the sentence below. Your eyes shine like the sun. A) Your eyes are yellow. B) Your eyes are bright. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Your eyes are bright. 8. Nathan is a pillar of the community means that he is ..... A) A false member of his community. B) A worthless member of his community. C) A less important member of his community. D) An honest and caring member of his community. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) An honest and caring member of his community. 9. She is a shining star. A) She is a loser. B) She is successful. C) She is an actress. D) She sparkles. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) She is successful. 10. As hungry as a wolf. A) Metaphor. B) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Simile. 11. A day without you is like a year without rain. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 12. Your voice is music to my ears. A) Your voice is pleasing to me. B) Your voice is hoarse. C) Your voice upsets me. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Your voice is pleasing to me. 13. "No matter who's buying, I'm a celebration" A) Metaphor. B) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Metaphor. 14. The world is your oyster. A) Metaphor. B) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Metaphor. 15. True or False:A Metaphor is a direct comparison between two very unlike things (although they might have a similar quality). A) True. B) False. C) Both true and false. D) Neither true nor false. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 16. What is the meaning of the following Simile? Sylvia's new lotion made her face as smooth as a baby's skin. 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. 17. She swims like a fish. A) Metaphor. B) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Simile. 18. Amiria is a sloth A) Metaphor. B) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Metaphor. 19. Simile or Metaphor?They are as different as night and day? A) Simile. B) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 20. Which of these lyrics is a metaphor? A) "I'm like a bird, I want to fly away.". B) "All in all you're just another brick in the wall.". Show Answer Correct Answer: B) "All in all you're just another brick in the wall.". 21. Mary said the medicine was as sweet as candy.What does the simile mean? A) The medicine tastes like Skittles. B) The medicine tastes bad. C) She doesn't want to take the medicine. D) The medicine tastes good. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The medicine tastes like Skittles. 22. The metaphor, 'Eben has butterflies in his stomach', means what? A) Eben is about to vommit. B) Eben just ate some butterflies. C) Eben is feeling nervous and maybe excited. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Eben is feeling nervous and maybe excited. 23. What is the function of similes? A) Compare two unlike things using the words like or as. B) Compare two things by saying one thing is another. (does not use like or as). C) A common saying that cannot be taken literally. D) An exaggeration that is too extreme to be taken seriously. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Compare two unlike things using the words like or as. 24. What two things are being compared in the following sentence:Her hair was as black as coal. A) Her and hair. B) Hair and coal. C) Hair and black. D) Her and coal. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hair and coal. 25. Simile or Metaphor?Laughter is the best medicine. A) Metaphor. B) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Metaphor. 26. Which of the following is a characteristic of similes? A) Similes are often used to emphasize a particular quality or attribute of the subject. B) Similes use connecting words like 'like' or 'as' to establish a clear comparison. C) Similes create vivid mental images by stating that one thing is another thing. D) Similes directly compare two different things without using connecting words. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Similes use connecting words like 'like' or 'as' to establish a clear comparison. 27. Her skin was white as snow. A) Metaphor. B) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Simile. 28. The metaphor 'A heart of gold', means what? A) A person that is sweet, kind, generious and of good nature has a heart of gold. B) A heart heavy as gold. C) Someone who is very rich. D) Just a bit of mumbo-jumbo. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A person that is sweet, kind, generious and of good nature has a heart of gold. 29. My mind is a puddle in the street reflecting green. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Neither. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 30. What is being compared ..... and why ..... Dalyhla has a memory like a camera A) Camera, schoolbecause a camera is little. B) Dalyhlas memory, camerabecause a camera takes pictures like your memory does. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Dalyhlas memory, camerabecause a camera takes pictures like your memory does. ← 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