This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Figures Of Speech > Similes And Metaphors – Quiz 8 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Similes And Metaphors Quiz 8 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which figure of speech is used in the sentence:'Her eyes were as blue as the ocean.'? A) Simile. B) Personification. C) Hyperbole. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 2. Simile or Metaphor:My mother's hair is as soft as a cloud. A) Metaphor. B) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Simile. 3. Explain the meaning of the following sentence. Mikey waited in the cold until his fingers were icicles. A) This means that Mikey's fingers became actual icicles. B) This means that Mikey waited for a very long time and got very cold. C) This means that Mikey is probably a snowman. D) This means that Mikey only waited for a minute or two. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) This means that Mikey waited for a very long time and got very cold. 4. Simile or Metaphor? I'm as hungry as a bear. A) Metaphor. B) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Simile. 5. Those girls are like two peas in a pod. A) Metaphor. B) Simile. C) Neither. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Simile. 6. Life is Monopolygo cop me some land and some property A) Simile. B) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 7. Both similes and metaphors do this. A) Compare two things. B) Contain adverbs. C) Contain adjectives. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Compare two things. 8. The road ahead was a ribbon stretching across the desert. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 9. My stomach is a bottomless pit. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 10. Fruit is fuel for a healthy body. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 11. What two words are being compared in the following sentence?George is lightning as he runs the race. A) George and race. B) George and runs. C) George and lightning. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) George and lightning. 12. Explain the meaning of the following sentence:Mikey waited in the cold until his fingers were icicles. A) This means that Mikey's fingers became actual icicles. B) This means that Mikey's is probably a snowman. C) This means that Mikey waited for a very long time and got very cold. D) This means that Mikey only waited for a minute or two. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) This means that Mikey waited for a very long time and got very cold. 13. Similes and Metaphors help to create mental pictures. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 14. The computers at school are old dinosaurs. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 15. You are a pain in the neck A) Simile. B) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 16. The football player is a bull pushing through the pile of players. A) Very mad. B) Very stubborn. C) Very strong. D) Very aggressive. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Very strong. 17. When two things are being compared using like or as, it is called a ..... A) Metaphor. B) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Simile. 18. Which two words are being compared? The cat's fur was a blanket of warmth. A) Cat and warmth. B) Cat and fur. C) Fur and blanket. D) Blanket and warmth. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Fur and blanket. 19. The shoplifter was not the least bit nervous, in fact he was ..... A) As warm as toast. B) As thick as thieves. C) As cool as a cucumber. D) As mad as a hatter. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) As cool as a cucumber. 20. Complete the sentence with a metaphor.My friend always studies a lot-in fact he's ..... A) Owlish. B) Studious. C) A night owl. D) Very disciplined. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A night owl. 21. The dog crept into the kitchen like a silent thief. A) Metaphor. B) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Simile. 22. Life is like a box of chocolates. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 23. Simile or metaphor? George is lightning as he runs the race. A) Metaphor. B) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Metaphor. 24. When my dad wakes up, at first he is a bear. A) He growls. B) He is furry. C) He is kind. D) He is grumpy. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) He is grumpy. 25. They were fighting like cats and dogs. A) Simile. B) Not a simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 26. Ted was as nervous as a mouse in a room full of cats. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 27. Her diamond eyes shone brightly at me. A) Metaphor. B) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Metaphor. 28. Make this a simile. She sings ..... A) At the crowd. B) Very well. C) At lunch. D) Like a bird. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Like a bird. 29. Which of the following is the definition of a Simile? A) A word that represents sounds that we often hear around us. B) A comparison between two things. C) A comparison between two things using the clue words "like" or "as" . D) A group of words that often all start with the same letters. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A comparison between two things using the clue words "like" or "as" . 30. Ellana's hair is as dark as the sky at midnight. A) Metaphor. B) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Simile. 31. He pounced like a tiger. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 32. I slept like a baby last night. A) Metaphor. B) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Simile. 33. The sensory details in a story are details that ..... A) Use the five senses. B) Use dollars and cents. C) Use just sights and smells. D) Use big words. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Use the five senses. 34. That knife is as sharp as a razor. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 35. "This kid is Rated R." -Wonder A) Metaphor. B) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Metaphor. 36. What is the meaning of the metaphor in the following sentence? Dominic is a walking dictionary. A) He is smart. B) He talks a lot. C) He knows a lot of big words. D) He walks and talks at the same time. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He knows a lot of big words. 37. Olivia's hair is silk. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 38. The musicians spun great webs of sound. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Neither. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 39. How can similes and metaphors enhance writing? A) By making the writing more straightforward. B) By making the writing more boring. C) By making the writing more confusing. D) By engaging readers in a more imaginative and expressive way. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) By engaging readers in a more imaginative and expressive way. 40. Simile or Metaphor? Ryan and Fred are two peas in a pod. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 41. Students are sponges in the classroom. A) Students soak up water. B) Students soak up knowledge. C) The student is turning into a sponge. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Students soak up knowledge. 42. The faces at the street crossings shine like a row of eggs on a pantry shelf. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Neither. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 43. "Ma, I'm hungry like a scavenger." A) Metaphor. B) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Simile. 44. Which is an example of a simile? A) His room looked as if a hurricane came through. B) His room was a hurricane of a mess. C) The hurricane screamed through the town. D) A hurricane! AHHH!. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) His room looked as if a hurricane came through. 45. The best friends had so much in common they were like two peas in a pod. Does the sentence use a simile or a metaphor? A) Metaphor. B) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Simile. 46. You shoot me down but I won't fallI am titanium A) Simile. B) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 47. A ..... compares 2 unlike things by saying that one thing is another. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 48. Choose 2 metaphors A) Peaches taste bomb.com. B) She's a shiny star!. C) Cool like a peach. D) Life is a highway. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) She's a shiny star!. 49. Third floor on the West Side, me and youHandsome, you're a mansion with a view A) Metaphor. B) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Metaphor. 50. The toddler was a hurricane destroying the playroom. This is an example of: A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Neither . D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 51. Simile or Metaphor? My teacher is a walking dictionary. A) Metaphor. B) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Metaphor. 52. Simile, metaphor, or personification? The rusty door hinge screamed as the door opened. A) Metaphor. B) Simile. C) Personification. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Personification. 53. She was a couch potato in the gravy boat of life, flopping dejectedly on the sofa. A) Metaphor. B) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Metaphor. 54. What is a characteristic of metaphors? A) Metaphors cannot evoke emotions or create vivid imagery. B) Metaphors use connecting words like 'like' or 'as'. C) Metaphors create shallow associations and connections. D) Metaphors suggest that one thing is another. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Metaphors suggest that one thing is another. 55. Similes are comparisons between two things that most commonly the words ..... and ..... A) And, are. B) So, but. C) Like, as. D) Similar, because. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Like, as. 56. Ausar plays football like Berry Sanders A) Simile. B) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 57. The sky on a clear day is like the inside of a huge balloon swelling up, up, up into space. My cat is a wisp of smoke that slips between the gap in the fence on a cold morning. What do both of these sentences have in common? A) Both sentences talk about a cat. B) Both sentences refer to the sky. C) Both sentences make a comparison. D) Both sentences discuss a balloon. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Both sentences make a comparison. 58. The sun is shinning like diamonds A) Metaphor. B) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Metaphor. 59. His eyes were ice when he looked at me after wrecking his bike. A) He looked mean. B) His eyes were ice cubes. C) He looked friendly. D) He looked chilly. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He looked mean. 60. "A king's time as ruler rises and falls like the sun" is an example of A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Neither. D) None of above. 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