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 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The band played as loud as a sonic boom. Simile or Metaphor? A) Simile. B) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 2. You're as cold as ice. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) You're. D) Ice. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 3. Simile or Metaphor? The library was an ocean of books. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 4. Is the similes has a foundation? A) No. B) Yes. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Yes. 5. Is this sentence a simile or metaphor?This cookie is as hard as a rock. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 6. He is as sly as a fox. A) Metaphor. B) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Simile. 7. Ewww ..... your feet smell like rotten eggs. A) Metaphor. B) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Simile. 8. He was as lame as a duck. Not the metaphorical lame duck, either, but a real duck that was actually lame, maybe from stepping on a land mine or something. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 9. That box is as light as a feather A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Neither. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 10. Complete the sentence with a metaphor.Life is ..... A) Exciting. B) Like a roller-coaster. C) A roller-coaster. D) For learning. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A roller-coaster. 11. She is as pretty as a picture. A) Simile. B) Blah. C) Blah. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 12. Complete the sentence with a metaphor.My teacher is ..... A) As nutty as a fruitcake. B) Lots of fun sometimes. C) Quite strict. D) A dragon. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A dragon. 13. Dad is a monster in the morning before he drinks his coffee. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Neither. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 14. The boy was like a bull in a china shop. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 15. Without her coffee, Mrs. Reale is a monster. A) Metaphor. B) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Metaphor. 16. The metaphor, 'Love is a battlefield', means what? A) I don't know. B) Nothing good comes from love. C) Love is both compromise and sacrifice. It can be difficult sometimes. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Love is both compromise and sacrifice. It can be difficult sometimes. 17. You are a firework A) Metaphor. B) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Metaphor. 18. The students are busy bees. A) Metaphor. B) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Metaphor. 19. What two words are being compared in the following sentence?The fireworks were a lantern in the sky. A) Fireworks and lantern. B) Fireworks and sky. C) Lantern and sky. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Fireworks and lantern. 20. Ice cream is hippieness in a bowl A) Simile. B) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 21. I am as happy as a pig in mud. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 22. Without his glasses, Peter was ..... A) As quick as a flash. B) As blind as a bat. C) As proud as a peacock. D) As sly as a fox. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) As blind as a bat. 23. A hundred miles of landscape spread before me like a fan. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Neither. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 24. What is the function of metaphors? A) A common saying that cannot be taken literally. B) Compare two things by saying one thing is another (does not use like or as). C) Compare two unlike things using the words like or as. D) An exaggeration that is too extreme to be taken seriously. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Compare two things by saying one thing is another (does not use like or as). 25. Steve turned as white as a ghost when his father caught him! A) Simile. B) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 26. That girl was as tough as nails. Simile or Metaphor? A) Metaphor. B) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Simile. 27. Simile or metaphor? Mary was as sweet as pie. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 28. What does the metaphor mean?Dad is a bear in the morning. A) Dad is happy in the morning. B) Dad doesn't want to get up in the morning. C) Dad is grumpy and grouchy in the morning. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Dad is grumpy and grouchy in the morning. 29. A figure of speech that compares things without using like or as. A) Hyperbole. B) Metaphor. C) Simile. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 30. Simile, metaphor, or personification? The leaves fell like rain. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Personification. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 31. Simile or Metaphor? This house is as clean as a whistle. A) Metaphor. B) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Simile. 32. "A kid named Julian and his two gorillas." -Wonder A) Simile. B) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 33. "Y'all are so so like a seamstress" A) Metaphor. B) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Simile. 34. Which one is NOT a metaphor? A) My brother is a chicken. B) She acts like a pig at dinner. C) The computer was a dinosaur. D) He is a night owl. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) She acts like a pig at dinner. 35. The early bird gets the worm.What does the proverb mean? A) Everyone needs to set the alarm to get up early. B) People who begin early will have the best chance to be successful. C) Birds like to eat worms. D) The best meal is breakfast. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) People who begin early will have the best chance to be successful. 36. Explain the meaning of the simile in 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 Simone had a fever. C) This means that the hug made Simone feel warm and cared for. D) This means that Simone doesn't like to be hugged. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) This means that the hug made Simone feel warm and cared for. 37. You know how in "Rocky" he prepares for the fight by punching sides of raw beef? Well, yesterday it was as cold as that meat locker he was in. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 38. Her heart is gold. A) Metaphor. B) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Metaphor. 39. When she saw the kids begin to have a glitter fight, the teacher leapt across the room as fast as a cheetah A) Simile. B) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 40. Her voice was ..... when she sang her solo during the concert. A) As sick as a dog. B) As hungry as a wolf. C) As clear as a bell. D) As gentle as a lamb. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) As clear as a bell. 41. She is on a rollercoaster of emotions. Simile or Metaphor? A) She's having fun. B) She is going to vomit soon!. C) She is scared. D) She's having different types of feelings. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) She's having different types of feelings. 42. Darielle is tall as a giraffe A) Metaphor. B) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Simile. 43. You really are hungry! A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) No comparison. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) No comparison. 44. His feet floated above the dance floor as he danced along. A) He was light. B) He was dancing well. C) He was a ghost. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He was dancing well. 45. Similes and metaphors are used a lot in ..... A) Academic writing. B) Most writing. C) Descriptive writing. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Descriptive writing. 46. Complete the sentence to make a simile.He couldn't see without his glasses-he was ..... A) Wearing dark glasses. B) Sightless. C) As blind as a bat. D) A blind man. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) As blind as a bat. 47. Sam is a chicken. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 48. Complete this sentence with a simile. Her hair is ..... A) Sensitive as a flower. B) As strange as a vision. C) As soft as silk. D) As black as day. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) As soft as silk. 49. Similes don't use words such as "like" or "as" A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 50. A ..... compares two unlike objects using the words is, am, are, was or were. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 51. I like to eat fish. A) Not a simile. B) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Not a simile. 52. Simile or metaphor, I think you bad like the bad boys because you are don't help any one and you don't listen to your mom and your dad. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 53. Madison's sister looked like a princess in her blue prom dress. A) Metaphor. B) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Simile. 54. My pillow was like a cloud when I laid my head down. A) Metaphor. B) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Simile. 55. Walmart is a zoo. A) Metaphor. B) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Metaphor. 56. The town was set along the coast like a little pearl in an emerald band. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Neither. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 57. Simile or metaphor? His tears were rivers flowing down his cheeks. A) Metaphor. B) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Metaphor. 58. My mom listened to my excuses with a face of stone. A) Very serious. B) Very heavy. C) Very emotionless. D) Very hard. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Very serious. 59. 'Her eyes were sparkling diamonds' is an example of: A) Personification. B) Metaphor. C) Hyperbole. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 60. Your handwriting looks like chicken scratch! A) Simile. B) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. ← 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