This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Figures Of Speech > Similes And Metaphors – Quiz 5 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Similes And Metaphors Quiz 5 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. I was red as a beetroot when the teacher made me speak in front of the whole class. A) I was tired. B) I was embarrassed. C) I was mad. D) I was nervous. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) I was embarrassed. 2. What is the meaning of the following simile? "as hungry as a bear recently awakened from hibernation" A) Someone is really hungry. B) Someone is slightly sleepy. C) Someone is extremely sleepy. D) Someone is slightly hungry. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Someone is really hungry. 3. The ballerina was a swan, gliding across the stage. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 4. 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. 5. The young fighter had a hungry look, the kind you get from not eating for a while. A) Metaphor. B) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Metaphor. 6. Langley is a pig when he eats. A) He has good manners. B) He is sloppy/ eats too much. C) He eats very little. D) He oinks. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He is sloppy/ eats too much. 7. The cast on his broken leg was a plaster shackle. A) Metaphor. B) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Metaphor. 8. Dallas ran like a cheetah ..... What is being compared? A) Dallas, running. B) Dallas, cheetah. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Dallas, cheetah. 9. Cause baby you're a fireworkCome on show them what you're worth A) Metaphor. B) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Metaphor. 10. My teacher is a dragon. A) Metaphor. B) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Metaphor. 11. He is the apple of this mother's eye A) Metaphor. B) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Metaphor. 12. Which of these is an example of a simile? A) Their music is the best. B) His voice is an angel's song. C) Her music is portal. D) She plays guitar like breathing air. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) She plays guitar like breathing air. 13. A metaphor is a figure of speech that ..... A) Compare things without using the words "like" or "as". B) Gives a nonhuman thing human traits. C) Uses the words "like" or "as" but doesn't compare. D) Uses a word that sounds like what it means. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Compare things without using the words "like" or "as". 14. I just can't seem to wake up. I'm a zombie today. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Neither. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 15. What does the metaphor '' This test was a piece of cake!" mean? A) The test was so hard!. B) The test was so simple. C) The test tasted yummy. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The test was so simple. 16. Which word means:'To compare two objects using the words like or as?' A) Personification. B) Metaphor. C) Simile. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Simile. 17. What does the metaphor mean?She was a ticking time bomb. A) She is very happy. B) She is extremely mad. C) She is a clock. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) She is extremely mad. 18. I really like eggs and bacon. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Neither. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Neither. 19. He walked quietly down the hall. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) No comparison. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) No comparison. 20. You are a hungry hippo! A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) No comparison. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 21. The hug was a warm blanket. A) Metaphor. B) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Metaphor. 22. Identify each statement as a simile or metaphor.Life is a highway. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 23. Do metaphors use "like" or "as" ? A) No. B) Yes. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) No. 24. Simile or metaphor?Taylor and Denis are two peas in a pod. A) Metaphor. B) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Metaphor. 25. John and Mary had never met. They were like two hummingbirds who had also never met. A) Metaphor. B) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Simile. 26. If the author writes "the bird glides like a plane in the sky", the author is using which type of figurative language? A) Metaphor. B) Personification. C) Simile. D) Rhyme. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Simile. 27. What is the meaning of the metaphor in the following sentence? Mrs. Jones has an army of children to clothe and feed, so she works two jobs. A) Mrs. Jones has children in the military. B) Mrs. Jones has a lot of children. C) Mrs. Jones is in the army to make money for her family. D) Mrs. Jones has to work a lot. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mrs. Jones has a lot of children. 28. He slept like a baby. A) Metaphor. B) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Simile. 29. Anthony eats like a pig. A) Metaphor. B) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Simile. 30. A metaphor ..... A) Represents a person, animal, thing, or idea. B) Compares two unlike things using the words like or as. C) Uses as or like. D) Says that one thing is another thing and does NOT use like or as. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Says that one thing is another thing and does NOT use like or as. ← 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 6Similes And Metaphors Quiz 7Similes And Metaphors Quiz 8Similes And Metaphors Quiz 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books