This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Figures Of Speech > Similes And Metaphors – Quiz 6 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Similes And Metaphors Quiz 6 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. If seen from above the factory, the workers would have looked like clock parts. A) Metaphor. B) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Simile. 2. 'The cookies were so overcooked that they were as hard as rocks'. This phrase means that the cookies were ..... A) Nice and soft. B) Really hard. C) Just right. D) Fluffy. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Really hard. 3. Which of these famous advertising slogans is a metaphor? A) Why is it so?. B) Taste the rainbow. C) Just do it. D) I'm loving it. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Taste the rainbow. 4. The flooded field was a pond. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 5. My dog is black as night. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Neither. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 6. Which idiom goes the best with this sentence? I have a problem. A) I'm getting a hatI. B) I'm in a pickle. C) Don't put all of your eggs in one basket. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) I'm in a pickle. 7. The pond was like a mirror. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 8. What is the purpose of using similes and metaphors in writing? A) To make the writing more straightforward. B) To confuse the reader. C) To make the writing more boring. D) To create vivid descriptions and convey deeper meanings. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) To create vivid descriptions and convey deeper meanings. 9. Is this a simile or a metaphor? The flashing fireflies are nature's Christmas lights. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 10. The library was as quiet as a graveyard A) Simile. B) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 11. Choose meaning of SIMILES OR METAPHORS A) A Simile uses only as. B) A metaphor doesn't use like or as. C) A simile uses both like and as. D) A metaphor uses Id k. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A simile uses both like and as. 12. Which of these is not a simile? A) Maya sings like an angel. B) Max has a heart of gold. C) James swims like a fish. D) Alexis is as proud as a peacock. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Max has a heart of gold. 13. What two things are being compared in this sentence? His beard was wild like a lion's mane. A) He and beard. B) Beard and wild. C) Lion's mane and wild. D) Beard and lion's mane. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Beard and lion's mane. 14. The baby is cute as a button. A) Metaphor. B) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Simile. 15. My mom was as excited as a kid on Christmas morning when we got a pool. A) A little happy. B) Thrilled and very happy. C) Sleepy. D) Bored. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Thrilled and very happy. 16. Her artistic sense was exquisitely refined, like someone who can tell butter from I Can't Believe It's Not Butter. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 17. The strawberry is like a rose A) Simile. B) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 18. The responsibility of being team captain was a weight on her shoulders. This is an example of a: A) Metaphor. B) Simile. C) Neither. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Metaphor. 19. My noisy sister was like a buzzing fly. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 20. She had hair like sunshine. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) No comparison. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 21. The dancer is a graceful swan. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 22. Sleeping on the new mattress was like sleeping on a cloud. A) The mattress was floating in the air. B) The mattress was white. C) The firmness of the mattress changed like the weather. D) The mattress was soft and comfortable to sleep on. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The mattress was soft and comfortable to sleep on. 23. Identify whether the sentence is a simile or a metaphor. She is as cunning as a fox. A) Metaphor. B) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Simile. 24. My brother and I fight like cats and dogs. A) Metaphor. B) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Simile. 25. A simile is a figure of speech that ..... A) Uses the words "like" or "as" but doesn't compare things. B) Compares things using the words "like" or "as". C) Uses a word that sounds like what it means. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Compares things using the words "like" or "as". 26. She is on a roller coaster of emotions. A) She's scared. B) She's going to vomit soon. C) She's having a lot of fun. D) She is having lots of different feelings. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) She is having lots of different feelings. 27. Choose the correct simile. The laptop is as ..... A) Cunning as a sheep. B) Blind as a rat. C) Quiet as a drum. D) Light as a feather. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Light as a feather. 28. The snow was a blanket covering the ground. A) Fuzzy. B) Personification. C) Metaphor. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Metaphor. 29. Here and there over the grass stood beautiful flowers, as the stars twinkled in the night sky. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Neither. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Neither. 30. Cassidy is a channel 7 action news A) Metaphor. B) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Metaphor. 31. A ..... compares one thing by speaking about it as if it were something else. A) Hyperbole. B) Personification. C) Metaphor. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Metaphor. 32. The wind was a howling wolf. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 33. What two things are being compared in the following simile? Sylvia's new lotion made her face as smooth as baby skin. A) Sylvia's face and baby's skin. B) Lotion and Sylvia's face. C) Sylvia and her face. D) Sylvia and smooth. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sylvia's face and baby's skin. 34. The tears fell from her face like a waterfall. A) Metaphor. B) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Simile. 35. Complete the sentence to make a metaphor.He was a great tennis player and his arm was ..... A) Long with big muscles. B) A weapon of destruction. C) Very flexible. D) Able to swing the racket quickly. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A weapon of destruction. 36. Djed's feet are boats. A) Metaphor. B) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Metaphor. 37. What does "Mr. Brown has a heart of stone" mean? A) Mr. Brown is very caring. B) Mr. Brown is not very caring. C) Mr. Brown's heart is legitimately a rock. D) Mr. Brown is really Dwane "The Rock" Johnson. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mr. Brown is not very caring. 38. That man is over the hill A) Simile. B) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 39. The metaphor, 'I have been waiting for the sweet smell of success which has now finally reached me', means what? A) Someone who loves the smell of success. B) A person who has finally succeeded after a period of time. C) Someone who hates waiting. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A person who has finally succeeded after a period of time. 40. He behaved like a complete stranger. A) Metaphor. B) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Simile. 41. The sound of the rain was like footsteps on the roof.What two things are being compared? A) Sound and roof. B) Rain and footsteps. C) Sound and footsteps. D) Rain and roof. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sound and footsteps. 42. Which is the simile? A) The football player is big as a house. B) The football player is a mountain. C) The football player is huge. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The football player is big as a house. 43. The teacher is a busy bee, buzzing from student to student. A) Metaphor. B) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Metaphor. 44. Identify whether the sentence is a simile or a metaphor. He has the heart of a lion. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 45. Simile or Metaphor:My life is a dream. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 46. The raindrops sounded like gunshots as they hit the metal roof. A) Metaphor. B) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Simile. 47. Choose the meaning of a SIMILE A) A simile doesn't use like or as. B) A simile uses because and but. C) A simile describes peaches:). D) A simile uses like or as. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A simile uses like or as. 48. Simile or metaphor? The mean man was sleeping like a hibernating bear, so we splattered water on him. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 49. I came in like a wrecking ballI never hit so hard in love A) Metaphor. B) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Simile. 50. The puppy's teeth felt like needles when he chewed on my hand. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 51. She spilled the beans.What does the idiom mean? A) She trips a lot. B) She told a secret. C) She talks a lot. D) She spilled her supper. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) She told a secret. 52. The alligator's teeth are white daggers. A) Metaphor. B) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Metaphor. 53. She has a mic in her throat A) Metaphor. B) Similes. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Metaphor. 54. Tamara is as wise as an owl A) Metaphor. B) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Simile. 55. The class was very loud. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) No comparison. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) No comparison. 56. You are my fireThe one desireBelieve when I sayI want it that way A) Simile. B) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 57. She's as cold as ice. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 58. The lake was a mirror on the calm, clear Saturday A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Neither. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 59. The teacher showered him with praise A) Metaphor. B) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Metaphor. 60. After the walk through the dessert, Kim's tongue felt dry as a bone. What are the words in blue an example of? A) Metaphor. B) Simile. 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 4Similes And Metaphors Quiz 5Similes And Metaphors Quiz 7Similes And Metaphors Quiz 8Similes And Metaphors Quiz 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books