This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Figures Of Speech > Similes And Metaphors – Quiz 24 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Similes And Metaphors Quiz 24 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. True or False:A simile is a figure of speech that directly compares two different things. The simile is usually in a phrase that begins with "as" or "like." A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 2. "His facial features look like they've been melted, like the drippings on the side of a candle." -Wonder A) Simile. B) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 3. She was a tigress on the battlefield A) Simile. B) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 4. The train screamed down the tracks. A) Simile. B) Hyperbole. C) Personification. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Personification. 5. A figure of speech that compares two things using like or as. A) Simile. B) Hyperbole. C) Alliteration. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 6. Identify whether the sentence is a simile or a metaphor. That girl is very bright. A) Metaphor. B) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Metaphor. 7. Don't count your chickens before they are hatched.What does the proverb mean? A) Your plan might not work out, so don't start thinking about what you will do. B) Not all of the eggs will hatch into baby chickens. C) You can't depend on people to gather your eggs. D) Someone might steal your chickens. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Your plan might not work out, so don't start thinking about what you will do. 8. Does the following sentence contain a metaphor or a smile:Staying inside all day was like bring in prison. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 9. She is a walking dictionary. A) Metaphor. B) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Metaphor. 10. Her eyes are twinkling stars. A) Metaphor. B) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Metaphor. 11. My room is a disaster zone. A) Construction it happening in my room. B) My room is clean. C) My room is messy. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) My room is messy. 12. The piano sang a mournful song. A) Metaphor. B) Simile. C) Neither. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Neither. 13. Her hair was as black as coal. A) Metaphor. B) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Simile. 14. "Two women at the same time like synchronized swimmers" A) Simile. B) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 15. A simile is an imaginative comparison between two different things using words such as "like" or "as." A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 16. Simile, metaphor, or personification? The fire roared to life. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Personification. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Personification. 17. Explain the meaning of the simile in the sentence below. When my great uncles drives, he is as slow as a turtle. A) Moves pretty quickly. B) He's super fast. C) Very slow. D) Still beats everyone. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Very slow. 18. As soon as the bell for recess rang, the students scattered like ants. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Neither. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 19. A comparison between two things that uses the words "like" or "as" . A) Simile. B) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 20. Explain the meaning of the simile in the following sentence. The cookies were so overcooked that they were as hard as rocks. A) The cookies were nice and soft. B) The cookies were really hard. C) The cookies were just right. D) The cookies were fluffy. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The cookies were really hard. 21. Which figurative language is this an example of:When Sally looked outside she saw a blanket of snow. A) Personification. B) Simile. C) Metaphor. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Metaphor. 22. He is strong like an ok. A) Metaphor. B) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Simile. 23. He gave his steak bacck to the waiter saying it was ..... A) As dumb as oyster. B) As dark as a pocket. C) As tough as an old boots. D) As lean as a rake. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) As tough as an old boots. 24. You ain't nothin but a hound dogCryin all the time A) Metaphor. B) Simile. C) Hound. D) Dog. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Metaphor. 25. The girl is as tall as her brothers. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Neither. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Neither. 26. What does this Simile mean?The salsa was as hot as fire!! A) The fire made the salsa hot. B) The salsa was too hot to eat. C) The salsa had too much tomatoe. D) The salsa was being cooked over a fire. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The salsa was too hot to eat. 27. She was as light as a(n) ..... A) Elephant. B) Bat. C) Feather. D) Coal. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Feather. 28. I am as hungry as a bear! A) Metaphor. B) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Simile. 29. Her cheeks are red like a rose. A) Metaphor. B) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Simile. 30. Methapor is ..... A) A figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable . B) Sample of a Metaphor is He drowned in a sea of grief. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable . ← 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