This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Figures Of Speech > Similes And Metaphors – Quiz 33 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Similes And Metaphors Quiz 33 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. ..... it left a trail ..... like a slithering blue snake. (page 16) A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 2. Explain the meaning of the simile in the sentence below.He was a busy bee. A) He was extremely busy. B) He wore a striped shirt. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He was extremely busy. 3. What is the purpose of using similes and metaphors in literature? A) To make the text more confusing. B) To create vivid imagery and enhance understanding. C) To lengthen the text unnecessarily. D) To use more complex vocabulary. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To create vivid imagery and enhance understanding. 4. Identify the figure of speech:'The world is a stage.' A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Personification. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 5. John slept like a log. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 6. My sister is like an angel in my life. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 7. Which of the following is literal language? A) I am as tall as a tree. B) I am the Einstein of my time. C) I am 12 years old. D) I am outta here like "Poof!". Show Answer Correct Answer: C) I am 12 years old. 8. Which similes below would be helpful in describing a terrified look on someone's face? A) Her eyes drooped like wilted flowers, and her hands hung limp like wet spaghetti noodles. B) Her eyes were as sharp as arrows, and her fists clenched tight like hammers waiting to strike. C) Her eyes were soft like a morning dew, and her hands lay still as resting cherubs. D) Her eyes were as big as sewer lids, and her hands trembled like tiny earthquakes. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Her eyes were as big as sewer lids, and her hands trembled like tiny earthquakes. 9. Simile or Metaphor?My big brother is a couch potato. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 10. What does this simile mean?The bruise on David's foot felt as big as an elephant. A) David's foot was really swollen. B) David's foot felt fine. C) David's foot was grey. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) David's foot was really swollen. 11. After playing in the snow, my fingers became ice cubes. What is being compared? A) Snow and fingers. B) Fingers and ice cubes. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Fingers and ice cubes. 12. Simile or metaphor?The school day is a marathon when I run from class to class. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 13. 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. 14. There's an implied metaphor in the sentence "Max lured Mia into his web." What is Max compared to? A) Mia. B) A web. C) A spider. D) A fly. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A spider. 15. After Edna saw the mouse, her shrieks sounded sirens throughout the building. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Neither. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 16. This is going to cost me an arm and a leg! A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Idiom. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Idiom. 17. Simile or Metaphor?He is a walking dictionary. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 18. Stella is a mountain. Next to her I'm a rock, and Bob is a grain of sand. (page 27) A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 19. Simile or Metaphor?He was scared so much he was as white as a ghost. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 20. Bob is tiny, wiry, and fast, like a barking squirrel. His tail moves like weeds in the wind, spiraling, dancing. (page 34) A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 21. Simile or metaphor?The waterfall flowed like a river of liquid silver. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 22. Simile or metaphor?She is a scared chicken. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 23. What is the meaning of this metaphor?She is a shining star. A) She is not very nice. B) She is an actress. C) She is successful. D) She sparkles. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) She is successful. 24. "I'ma rain, I'ma rain on this bitter love / Tell the sweet I'm new" A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Neither. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 25. Identify whether the following sentence is a simile or a metaphor:'The classroom was a zoo during recess.' A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Neither. D) Both. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 26. As busy as A) A sloth. B) A bee. C) A newborn baby. D) A snail. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A bee. 27. Anna's green eyes are like jewels. A) Anna's eyes are dry. B) Anna's eyes are sparkling. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Anna's eyes are sparkling. 28. Which on$_{}$e is a metaphor A) Mom is that you. B) He was a lion in the fight. C) The car is running so fast. D) We had a ton of$_{}$$^{}$ work. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He was a lion in the fight. 29. "As old as the hills" is an example of: A) Simile and allusion. B) Simile and hyperbole. C) Metaphor and hyperbole. D) Mixed metaphor and allusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Simile and hyperbole. 30. The tiny red ant climbed up the broken limb. Which sense is being described? A) Sight. B) Sound. C) Smell. D) Hear. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sight. ← 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