This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Figures Of Speech > Similes And Metaphors – Quiz 32 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Similes And Metaphors Quiz 32 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The city is a sea of sadness. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 2. What does this metaphor mean? A) The baby girl's smile made other people happy. B) When the baby girl smiled, the sun would rise. C) The baby never smiled. D) The baby girl's smile made the moon come out. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The baby girl's smile made other people happy. 3. What is the book being compared to?Charlotte's Web is as thick as a phone book at my grandma's house. A) Phone book. B) Grandma. C) House. D) Thick. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Phone book. 4. What is the meaning of this metaphor?Keep your chin up. A) Keep your head back. B) Stay positive. C) Watch the clouds. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Stay positive. 5. Identify the metaphor in the following sentence:The classroom was a zoo during the group activity. A) The classroom was a library. B) The classroom was a zoo. C) The classroom was a circus. D) The classroom was a garden. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The classroom was a zoo. 6. Simile or metaphor?The school's playground is a fun kingdom for all of the students. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 7. "When Adele walked through the store, each shiny pair of high heels called out to her."What is being personified? A) Adele. B) The store. C) High heels. D) Her. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) High heels. 8. What two things are being compared in the following simile? 'Her smile was as bright as the sun.' A) Her smile and the sun. B) Her smile and brightness. C) Her and the sun. D) Brightness and the sun. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Her smile and the sun. 9. BONUS:My father is a monster when he gets mad. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Neither. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 10. Simile or metaphor?Her laugh was like music to my ears. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 11. Explain the meaning of the metaphor in the following sentence.My big brother is a couch potato. A) My brother likes to eat potatoes on the couch. B) My brother likes to sit on the couch and not do anything. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) My brother likes to sit on the couch and not do anything. 12. Identify the simile in the following sentence:'The night was as dark as coal.' A) The night was dark. B) The night was as dark as coal. C) The night was coal. D) The night was as coal. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The night was as dark as coal. 13. What does "pretty as a picture" mean? A) Something is ugly. B) Something you have a picture of. C) Something is beautiful. D) Something is in the shape of a frame. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Something is beautiful. 14. What are you Marty McFly, a chicken?What does the metaphor mean? A) Someone is saying Marty crows every morning at sunrise. B) Someone is saying Marty is covered in feathers. C) Someone is saying Marty is scared. D) Someone is saying Marty is brave. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Someone is saying Marty is scared. 15. My father is a bear in the morning. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 16. "Hey lil' mama would you like to be my sunshine?" A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Neither. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 17. During stressful situations, she is as cool as a cucumber.Simile or Metaphor? A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 18. 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 the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) I'm in a pickle. 19. Metaphor or Simile:Payton's smile is as bright as the sun. A) Metaphor. B) Simile. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Simile. 20. "Got me like ah-ah-ah-ow / I'm tired of being played like a violin" A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Neither. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 21. My mom always says you shouldn't cry over spilled milk. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Idiom. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Idiom. 22. He exhaled slowly, each breath as ragged as a bumpy brick road A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Neither. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 23. When I opened the closet door, everything fell out in a landslide. A) Everything in the closet tumbled out. B) Everything in the closet was falling into the ocean. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Everything in the closet tumbled out. 24. The new smartphone is ..... It doesn't weigh a ton like the old model. A) As old as the hills. B) As light as a feather. C) As smooth as silk. D) As steady as a rock. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) As light as a feather. 25. Explain the meaning of the simile in the sentence below.When my great uncles drives, he is as slow as a turtle. A) Very slow. B) Moves pretty quickly. C) Still beats everyone. D) He's super fast. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Very slow. 26. By comparing Kevin to a brick wall, what is the speak trying to say about Kevin?The starting goalie was out with an injury, so Kevin was finally getting his chance to prove his worth. He knew he could do it. He was ready. Kevin was a brick wall. A) He would not allow the opponent to score he'd block the goal posts. B) He was hard-headed. C) He built a wall in front of his soccer goal. D) He threw bricks at his opponent. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He would not allow the opponent to score he'd block the goal posts. 27. Which of the following is a metaphor? A) The wind whispered through the trees. B) His words were a soothing balm. C) The stars danced in the night sky. A) The sun sang a lullaby. B) The moon whispered secrets. C) The ocean painted the sky. D) His words were a soothing balm. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) His words were a soothing balm. 28. Which word has the most welcoming connotation? A) Home. B) House. C) Dwelling. D) Residence. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Home. 29. You were brave as a lion. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 30. BONUS:I like to eat grapes more than I like oranges. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Neither. D) None of the above. 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