This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Figures Of Speech > Similes And Metaphors – Quiz 12 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Similes And Metaphors Quiz 12 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. 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". 2. She is on a roller coaster of emotions. A) She's having a lot of fun. B) She's scared. C) She is having lots of different feelings. D) She's going to vomit soon. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) She is having lots of different feelings. 3. Choose the correct simile. The laptop is as ..... A) Cunning as a sheep. B) Blind as a rat. C) Light as a feather. D) Quiet as a drum. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Light as a feather. 4. The snow was a blanket covering the ground. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Personification. D) Fuzzy. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 5. 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. 6. Cassidy is a channel 7 action news A) Simile. B) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 7. A ..... compares one thing by speaking about it as if it were something else. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Personification. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 8. The wind was a howling wolf. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 9. 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. 10. The tears fell from her face like a waterfall. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 11. Complete the sentence to make a metaphor.He was a great tennis player and his arm was ..... A) A weapon of destruction. B) Long with big muscles. C) Very flexible. D) Able to swing the racket quickly. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A weapon of destruction. 12. Djed's feet are boats. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 13. 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. 14. That man is over the hill A) Simile. B) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 15. 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. 16. He behaved like a complete stranger. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 17. 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. 18. 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. 19. The teacher is a busy bee, buzzing from student to student. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 20. Identify whether the sentence is a simile or a metaphor. He has the heart of a lion. A) Metaphor. B) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Metaphor. 21. Simile or Metaphor:My life is a dream. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 22. The raindrops sounded like gunshots as they hit the metal roof. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 23. 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. 24. 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. 25. I came in like a wrecking ballI never hit so hard in love A) Simile. B) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 26. The puppy's teeth felt like needles when he chewed on my hand. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 27. She spilled the beans.What does the idiom mean? A) She spilled her supper. B) She trips a lot. C) She talks a lot. D) She told a secret. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) She told a secret. 28. The alligator's teeth are white daggers. A) Metaphor. B) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Metaphor. 29. She has a mic in her throat A) Similes. B) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 30. Tamara is as wise as an owl A) Simile. B) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesGrammar QuizzesSimiles And Metaphors Quiz 1Similes And Metaphors Quiz 2Similes And Metaphors Quiz 3Similes And Metaphors Quiz 4Similes 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