This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Figures Of Speech > Similes And Metaphors – Quiz 4 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Similes And Metaphors Quiz 4 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Is the As, Like, Resemble Or That, Are metaphors? A) Yes. B) No. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) No. 2. Simile or metaphor? "No one can knock me down! I'm a rock!" said an anonymous child. A) Metaphor. B) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Metaphor. 3. What are the two things being compared in the following sentence? I am as hungry as a bear recently awakened from hibernation. A) "I" and "hungry". B) "I" and "a hungry bear awakened from hibernation". C) "Bear" and "hibernation". D) "hungry" and "hibernation". Show Answer Correct Answer: B) "I" and "a hungry bear awakened from hibernation". 4. Which one is not a simile? A) He is a night owl. B) He is as tall as a giraffe. C) She is as quiet as a mouse. D) Her hair is as yellow as hay. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He is a night owl. 5. My room is a hazardous zone! A) Simile. B) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 6. Identify whether the sentence has a metaphor or a simile in it:Annabelle's room looked like a hurricane had hit it. A) Metaphor. B) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Simile. 7. Which words are commonly used in a simile? A) 'Not' or 'never'. B) 'With' or 'without'. C) 'Is' or 'are'. D) 'Like' or 'as'. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 'Like' or 'as'. 8. 'Mary is like a human calculator'. This phrase means A) Mary acts like a robot. B) Mary is very good at math. C) Mary needs a calculator to help her in math. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mary is very good at math. 9. Baby, you're a firework! A) You're. B) Firework. C) Simile. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Metaphor. 10. Simile, metaphor, or personification? He is like a rocket on his bike. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Personification. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 11. Annie's painted face was like a scary jack-o-lantern.What type of figurative language does the sentence contain? A) Proverb. B) Simile. C) Idiom. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Simile. 12. Identify whether the sentence is a simile or a metaphor. The boy runs like the wind. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 13. Which two things are being compared in this sentence:Jimmy tried to help her, but when he got to his feet, his legs were jello. A) Jimmy and Jello. B) Legs and Jello. C) Her and Jello. D) Feet and Legs. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Legs and Jello. 14. His anger burned as a raging fire. A) Metaphor. B) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Simile. 15. His smile is the sunshine of my life. A) He feels hot. B) He is very attractive. C) He likes to hang out. D) He makes me very happy. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) He makes me very happy. 16. Explain the meaning of the simile in the following sentence. John is as strong as an ox. A) John is really strong. B) John looks like an ox. C) John has horns. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) John is really strong. 17. When she is angry, she shouts at people all the time. A) As fierce as a tiger. B) As silly as a goose. C) As slow as a snail. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) As fierce as a tiger. 18. She grew on him like she was a colony of E. Coli, and he was room-temperature Canadian beef. A) Metaphor. B) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Simile. 19. Her legs were like cooked noodles. This is an example of a: A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Neither . D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 20. The cat sat as still as a statue. A) Was hard and brittle. B) Was furry and beautiful. C) Was completely motionless. D) Was attractive and tamed. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was completely motionless. 21. Mrs Orlando is a walking dictionary. A) Metaphor. B) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Metaphor. 22. Which figure of speech is used in the sentence:'The trees whispered secrets to each other.'? A) Metaphor. B) Simile. C) Hyperbole. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Personification. 23. Which of the given is simile? A) I am hungry. B) She is a angry bird. C) I like bunny. D) He scream like a dog. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) He scream like a dog. 24. Metaphors say that ..... A) They are the same as similes. B) One thing is the other thing. C) One thing is more important. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) One thing is the other thing. 25. You're sweet like sugar! A) Simile. B) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 26. A comparison between two things that DOES NOT use the words "like" or "as" . A) Metaphor. B) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Metaphor. 27. Makes a comparison between two objects or concepts using "like" or "as." A) Personification. B) Metaphor. C) Simile. D) Symbols. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Simile. 28. When Elsa sings "the wind is howling like this swirling storm inside, " she is using (a) A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Neither a simile nor a metaphor. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 29. Raven's lips were as read as cherries A) Metaphor. B) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Simile. 30. That test was a piece of cake! A) The test was too hard. B) The test tasted like cake. C) The test was easy. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The test was easy. 31. He is as funny as a barrel of monkeys. A) Metaphor. B) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Simile. 32. Which is the metaphor A) They children ran like ripples through water. B) Alan's jokes were like flat soda to the children, surprisingly unpleasant. C) The detective listened to her tales with a wooden face. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The detective listened to her tales with a wooden face. 33. My dad is a walking encyclopedia. A) Metaphor. B) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Metaphor. 34. A ..... compares 2 unlike things, using the words like or as. A) Metaphor. B) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Simile. 35. What does "She has been living in a bubble" mean? A) She does not know a lot about what is happening in the world around her. B) She legitimately lives in a giant bubble. C) She knows a lot about what is happening in the world around her. D) She lives in a giant clear plastic ball. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) She does not know a lot about what is happening in the world around her. 36. My best friend and I are like two peas in a pod. A) Very much alike. B) We look alike. C) Very different. D) We argue a lot. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Very much alike. 37. What is the meaning of the following simile?The fruit salad was like a rainbow! A) It was rainbow shaped. B) Leprechauns liked it. C) It was colorful. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) It was colorful. 38. Which of these is an example of a metaphor? A) The early bird gets the worm. B) He's as dead as a doornail. C) To be or not to be, that is the question. D) It's hotter than an oven in here. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The early bird gets the worm. 39. "Sam is as wise as an owl" can be rewritten as metaphor ..... How? A) Sam is like a wise owl. B) Sam is very smart and owls are known to be smart, too. C) Sam is a wise owl. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sam is a wise owl. 40. My pencil is my ally on my test. A) Metaphor. B) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Metaphor. 41. She slept like a log. A) She liked to sleep in the woods. B) She slept soundly. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) She slept soundly. 42. Simile or metaphor? The lamp was a beacon of sunshine. A) Metaphor. B) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Metaphor. 43. Lauren is a fish when she gets into the pool.What does the metaphor mean? A) Lauren is a mermaid. B) Lauren is the name of their fish. C) Lauren swims really well. D) Lauren can breath under water. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Lauren swims really well. 44. The answer to the problem is as clear as crystal A) Metaphor. B) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Simile. 45. "Clap along if you feel like a room without a roof, " what is the meaning of this simile? A) That you are incomplete just as a room is without a roof. B) That there is no roof in the room that the person is in. C) That you should clap if you do not have a roof. D) To describe happiness that is difficult to contain. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) To describe happiness that is difficult to contain. 46. I move as slow as a turtle when I wake up. A) Metaphor. B) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Simile. 47. "And when it comes down to this recordingI must be Lebron James if he's Jordan" A) Simile. B) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 48. He is a monkey! This is a ..... A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Neither. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 49. Which idiom goes the best with this sentence? It's time to take your turn. A) It's raining cats and dogs. B) The ball is in your court. C) Reach for the stars. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The ball is in your court. 50. Katrina is as hungry as a bear ..... what are they comparing? A) Bear, food. B) Katrina, bear. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Katrina, bear. 51. Mrs. Bowsman is a bear when she wakes up each morning. A) Mrs. Bowsman is grouchy in the mornings. B) Mrs. Bowsman likes to eat berries for breakfast. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mrs. Bowsman is grouchy in the mornings. 52. What does the metaphor mean?My brother is a night owl. A) My brother is a bird. B) My brother can fly. C) My brother stays up all night like an owl. D) . Show Answer Correct Answer: C) My brother stays up all night like an owl. 53. The cookies were so overcooked that they were as hard as rocks. What does the simile mean? A) The cookies were nice and soft. B) The cookies were really hard. C) The cookies were just right. D) The cookies were really warm. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The cookies were really hard. 54. Explain the meaning of the simile in the sentence below. He was a busy bee. A) He wore a striped shirt. B) He was extremely busy. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He was extremely busy. 55. Maci has the voice of an angel. A) Metaphor. B) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Metaphor. 56. Joshua's brother is a rugrat. A) Joshua's brother looks like a rat. B) Joshua's brother is a little boy. C) Joshua's brother fell on the rug. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Joshua's brother is a little boy. 57. This contract is as solid as the ground we stand on. A) Metaphor. B) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Simile. 58. Complete the metaphor:'The world is a stage, and we are ..... '? A) The audience. B) The props. C) The actors. D) The directors. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The actors. 59. Life is like a sunset means that life is ..... A) Ancient. B) Ageless. C) Beautiful. D) Black. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Beautiful. 60. As the teacher entered the room, she muttered under her breath, "This class is like a three-ring circus." A) Metaphor. B) Simile. C) Neither. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Simile. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesGrammar QuizzesEnglish Grammar QuizzesSimiles And Metaphors Quiz 1Similes And Metaphors Quiz 2Similes And Metaphors Quiz 3Similes 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