This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Figures Of Speech > Similes And Metaphors – Quiz 28 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Similes And Metaphors Quiz 28 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The handshake felt as warm as her mother's laundry. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 2. Simile or Metaphor? My big brother is a couch potato. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 3. My grandma is as sweet as sugar. A) She is very nice. B) She wears sweet perfume. C) She likes to bake sweets. D) She loves CHOCOLATE!. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) She is very nice. 4. My grandma is as sweet as sugar.What is the meaning of the simile in the sentence? A) She is very nice. B) She wears sweet perfume. C) She likes to bake sweets. D) She loves CHOCOLATE!. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) She is very nice. 5. What is being conveyed? Her lips were cherries A) Her lips were fruity. B) Her lips were red. C) Her lips were full. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Her lips were red. 6. He was sneaky like a coyote. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 7. Read the poem below:The Drum by Nikki GiovanniDaddy says the world isa drum tight and hardand I told himI'm gonna beat out my own rhythm What comparison does the poem make? A) She compares herself to a rhythm. B) The poem compares the world to a drum. C) The speaker compares her father to the world. D) The speaker compares her father to a drum. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The poem compares the world to a drum. 8. The bags felt like I was carrying bricks. A) They were square. B) The bags are full. C) The bags will break. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) None of the above. 9. Complete the simile:'Her laughter was as contagious as ..... '? A) A cough. B) A yawn. C) A sneeze. D) A cold. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A yawn. 10. The couch was a pile of marshmallows. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Neither. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 11. Ian is as tall as the Empire State Building. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 12. Does the following sentence contain a metaphor or a smile:The train rolled on all day long, to the song of the metal against the tracks. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 13. The bruise on George's foot felt as big as an elephant. What are the words in blue an example of? A) Simile. B) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 14. Identify whether the sentence is a simile or a metaphor. That man is an ogre. A) Metaphor. B) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Metaphor. 15. Simile or Metaphor? My teacher is a dragon. A) Metaphor. B) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Metaphor. 16. 'Kenneth is like a bull in a china shop'. This phrase means A) Kenneth is very rough and clumsy. B) Kenneth isn't feeling well. C) Kenneth is very angry. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Kenneth is very rough and clumsy. 17. What sentence contains a simile? A) After walking on the hot summer day, Julie's mouth felt as dry as a bone. B) The soil is bone dry after weeks with no rain. C) My dogs like chewing on bones. D) Sam walked carefully when he broke a bone in his foot. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) After walking on the hot summer day, Julie's mouth felt as dry as a bone. 18. Your eyes shine like the sun. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 19. He is acting like a girl A) Similes. B) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Similes. 20. At lunch, we were pigs. A) We ate really fast and messy. B) Pigs were at the lunch table. C) We ate a pig. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) We ate really fast and messy. 21. True or False:A metaphor is a comparison that says something is something else. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 22. Does the following sentence contain a metaphor or a smile:The snow was a blanket covering the yard. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 23. The new boy's eyes were as green as the finest of emeralds. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Neither. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 24. I liked mashed potatoes. A) Metaphor. B) Neither. C) Simile. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Neither. 25. What is the meaning of the following metaphor?Her diary was her best friend, guarding all of her secrets. A) Her best friend was writing in her diary. B) Her diary was open so that everyone could see her secrets. C) Her secrets weren't safe in her diary. D) Her secrets are safe because they are written in her diary, which could not talk. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Her secrets are safe because they are written in her diary, which could not talk. 26. Watching your presentation was like watching grass grow. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 27. Compares two different things, does not use the words "like" or "as." A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 28. Identify the simile in the following sentences. A) The world is a stage. B) Her eyes sparkled like diamonds. C) Time is a thief. D) The wind whispered secrets. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Her eyes sparkled like diamonds. 29. "Lucky for you, that's what I like / That's what I like" A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Neither. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Neither. 30. When Angela says, "The baby's skin was like a rose petal, " she means: A) The baby's skin is dry and peeling. B) The baby's skin is soft and delicate. C) The baby's skin is cracked. D) The baby's skin was sticky. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The baby's skin is soft and delicate. ← 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