This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Figures Of Speech > Similes And Metaphors – Quiz 23 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Similes And Metaphors Quiz 23 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Lawrence is a little angel sometimes A) Simile. B) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 2. You're as tough as nails. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 3. Which figurative language is this an example of:My father told me that life is a journey. A) Metaphor. B) Simile. C) Personification. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Metaphor. 4. Today is as hot as a flaming fire. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 5. Does the following sentence contain a metaphor or a smile:Annabelle's room looked like it was hit by a huricane. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 6. He was scared so much he was as white as a ghost. Simile or Metaphor? A) Simile. B) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 7. Is it a SIMILE or a METAPHOR? My baby sister screeched like a cat. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 8. You are my sunshine. A) You make happy. B) You upset me. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) You make happy. 9. Fruit is fuel for healthy body. A) Idiom. B) Personification. C) Simile. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Metaphor. 10. Is this a simile or a metaphor? The man's red face pulsed like a stop light. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 11. Long separated by cruel fate, the star-crossed lovers raced across the grassy field toward each other like two freight trains, one having left Cleveland at 6:36 p.m. traveling at 55 mph, the other from Topeka at 4:19 p.m. at a speed of 35 mph. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 12. Is this sentence a simile or metaphor?The girl is a rattlesnake ready to strike! A) Metaphor. B) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Metaphor. 13. Why do we use similes and metaphors in talking or writing? A) To confuse people. B) To create vivid and interesting pictures in our minds. C) To be like professional authors. D) To be silly. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To create vivid and interesting pictures in our minds. 14. Explain the meaning of the metaphor in the following sentence. My big brother is a couch potato. A) My brother likes to eat potatoes on the couch. B) My brother likes to sit on the couch and not do anything. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) My brother likes to sit on the couch and not do anything. 15. The crawling ants looked like a puddle of thick black ink spreading across the picnic table. A) Were all wet and sticky. B) Were getting ink on the food. C) Were dense and swarming forward. D) Were stuck in the ink. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Were dense and swarming forward. 16. Simile or metaphor? Mark's voice is velvet. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 17. The truck is as big as an elephant. A) Metaphor. B) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Simile. 18. My heart is like an open highway- A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Heart. D) Highway. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 19. Ogres are like onions. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 20. In the lyrics "Life is Monopoly, go cop me some land and some property", what does the writer mean with this comparison? A) Life is literally a boardgame. B) Just like in the game of Monopoly, owning property is important in real life. C) Life is boring, and dreadful. D) You have to approach life like it is a game. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Just like in the game of Monopoly, owning property is important in real life. 21. Owen is a late bloomer. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 22. Explain the meaning of the following sentence:The hug was like a soft blanket, wrapping Simone in warmth. A) This means that Simone was actually wrapped in a blanket. B) This means that the hug made Simone feel warm and cared for. C) This means that Simone had a fever. D) This means that Simone doesn't like to be hugged. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) This means that the hug made Simone feel warm and cared for. 23. The baby was like an octopus, grabbing at all the cans on the shelves. A) Metaphor. B) Simile. C) Neither. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Simile. 24. Just like a moth drawn to a flame- A) Moth. B) Simile. C) Flame. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Simile. 25. Although they were not twins, John and Mary were ..... A) As different as night and day. B) Alike as peas in a pod. C) Smart as an owl. D) Stubborn as a mule. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Alike as peas in a pod. 26. In Rosa Parks' story when black people got on the bus and paid the fare what were they supposed to do next? A) Get off the bus, walk to the back, and get on the bus in the back. B) Walk straight to the back of the bus. C) Take a seat. D) Stand in the aisle. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Get off the bus, walk to the back, and get on the bus in the back. 27. What two things are being compared in this sentence? Tony ran like a cheetah. A) Tony and a cheetah. B) Tony and ran. C) A cheetah and ran. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tony and a cheetah. 28. Ahmaad is a cat, creeping around unnoticed. A) Metaphor. B) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Metaphor. 29. Children like the most beautiful flowers of all. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Neither. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Neither. 30. Simile or Metaphor?The band played as loud as a sonic boom. A) Metaphor. B) Simile. 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