This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Figures Of Speech > Similes And Metaphors – Quiz 34 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Similes And Metaphors Quiz 34 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Technology is the best thing since sliced bread. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Idiom. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Idiom. 2. Identify the simile in the following sentence:Her smile was like a ray of sunshine. A) Like a ray of sunshine. B) Soft as a cloud. C) Warm as a fire. D) Bright as a diamond. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Like a ray of sunshine. 3. His eyes were ice as he stared at her. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 4. Simile or metaphor?My pile of homework was a mountain to climb that night at home. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 5. Which one is an example of a simile? A) Chicken is my life!. B) The sun is like a fireball in the sky. C) Education is your passport to satisfying employment. D) The milkshake is thick. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The sun is like a fireball in the sky. 6. What is the meaning of the following simile?"as hungry as a bear recently awakened from hibernation" A) Someone is really hungry. B) Someone is slightly sleepy. C) Someone is extremely sleepy. D) Someone is slightly hungry. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Someone is really hungry. 7. What two things are being compared in the following metaphor?The crab was a dancing pair of scissors, clicking across the sand. A) Crab and Sand. B) Crab and dancing scissors. C) Scissors and sand. D) Dancing and sand. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Crab and dancing scissors. 8. Tom was a rage of fire when he got mad at his friend. A) Metaphor. B) Neither. C) Simile. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Metaphor. 9. The house was as clean as a whistle. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 10. What type of imagery is this?The thunder clapped loudly shaking the house A) Sight. B) Sound. C) Touch. D) Taste. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sound. 11. Which figurative language compares 2 unlike things using like or as? A) Metaphor. B) Idiom. C) Simile. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Simile. 12. Simile or Metaphor?He is a night owl because he stays up late. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 13. Her tears shone in the night like the lights of the station wagon A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Neither. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 14. What does it really mean: "Go break a leg!" A) Do a bad job. B) Break your leg. C) Do well. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Do well. 15. My heart was a lonely desert when my friend moved away. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Neither. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 16. Simile or Metaphor?My brother was boiling mad. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 17. What does the metaphor 'Time is a thief' imply? A) Time literally steals things. B) Time passes quickly and unnoticed. C) Time is a criminal. D) Time is valuable. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Time passes quickly and unnoticed. 18. "My aunt's apartment in New York City is a closet. My mom says that if she had to live in that small space, she would go nuts." ..... Which part of the previous sentences was a metaphor A) "she would go nuts". B) "My aun't apartment in New York City is a closet.". C) No metaphor. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) "My aun't apartment in New York City is a closet.". 19. You are a walking dictionary. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 20. Which of the following is a metaphor? A) The sun smiled down on the earth. B) Her laughter was music to his ears. C) The road was a ribbon stretching into the distance. A) The cat sat lazily in the sun. B) Her laughter was music to his ears. C) The wind danced through the trees. D) The moon whispered secrets to the stars. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Her laughter was music to his ears. 21. "Go on and try to tear me down / I will be rising from the ground / like a skyscraper" A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Neither. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 22. "You're like Jordan's on Saturday / I gotta have you and I cannot wait now" A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Neither. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 23. "As light as a feather" is an example of what? A) Metaphor. B) Simile. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Simile. 24. Simile or Metaphor? "He was as brave as a lion." A) A) Simile. B) B) Metaphor. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A) Simile. 25. Metaphor or Simile:My mom has a heart of gold. A) Metaphor. B) Simile. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Metaphor. 26. Explain the meaning of the simile in the sentence below.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. 27. "Beyond your darkness, I'm your light" A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Neither. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 28. What is the meaning of this metaphor?His eyes were ice. A) He looked mean. B) He looked friendly. C) He looked chilly. D) His eyes were ice cubes. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He looked mean. 29. Identify the type of figurative language used in the sentence:'Her smile was as bright as the sun.' A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Idiom. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 30. Charles Wallace's whole body spun and went rigid. He started his marionette's walk again. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. ← 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