This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Figures Of Speech > Similes And Metaphors – Quiz 21 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Similes And Metaphors Quiz 21 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which sentence below uses a simile? A) Mark is a breath of fresh air. B) Macy likes to drink sweet tea. C) Anthony is as cold as ice. D) Lisa waited as Ashley ran home. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Anthony is as cold as ice. 2. Does the following sentence contain a metaphor or a smile:I had never seen so many lights; it was like the world was on fire. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 3. He spoke with the wisdom that can only come from experience, like a guy who went blind because he looked at a solar eclipse without one of those boxes with a pinhole in it and now goes around the country speaking at high schools about the dangers of looking at a solar eclipse without one of those boxes with a pinhole in it. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 4. You were made outta plastic, fakeI was tangled up in your drastic ways A) Simile. B) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 5. You were as brave as a lion. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 6. What's the meaning of this personification? "The camera loves me!" A) Photography is one of my hobbies. B) I own an expensive camera. C) Photos of me are always really good. D) I like to visit art museums. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Photos of me are always really good. 7. Lauren is a fish when she gets into the pool.What type of figurative language is in this sentence? A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Idiom. D) Proverb. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 8. 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. 9. The girl stood out like a sore thumb in the group of boys. A) The girls thumb was sore. B) The girl stood out in front of the group of boys. C) The girl was in the wrong line. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The girl stood out in front of the group of boys. 10. Simile or Metaphor? He is a night owl because he stays up late. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 11. What does the simile "those girls are two peas in a pod" mean? A) The girls are very similar. B) The girls are very different. C) The girls are hilarious. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The girls are very similar. 12. Which id the following is a metaphor? A) The camper was a chicken when he heard a growl in the forest. B) The baby ate like a bird during dinner. C) Greg is a thirty-year old baseball player. D) The twins fight like cats and dogs. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The camper was a chicken when he heard a growl in the forest. 13. After playing football on the cold January day, his fingers were icicles. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Personification. D) Hot chocolate. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 14. The class was a zoo. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) No comparison. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 15. The warm afternoon sun was a lullaby pulling his eyelids closed. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 16. Which of the following sentences has a metaphor? A) He likes to eat pancakes. B) Her face was a stone when they told her the news. C) That horse is as skinny as a post!. D) That clown is scary. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Her face was a stone when they told her the news. 17. Mariatu was as quiet as a mouse as she snuck into her sister's room. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 18. The dog was as big as an elephant. A) Metaphor. B) Neither. C) Simile. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Simile. 19. We were late this morning. Our bus was ..... A) As busy as a bee. B) As slow as a snail. C) As dry as a bone. D) As slippery as an eel. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) As slow as a snail. 20. What 2 things are being compared in the following metaphor? If you want something in your life, be a lion in the fight. A) Life and lion. B) Life and fight. C) Lion and fight. D) You and lion. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) You and lion. 21. At five o'clock, the interstate is always a parking lot. A) Metaphor. B) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Metaphor. 22. Simile or Metaphor:Math is like a puzzle that never ends. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 23. "He was as cool as a cucumber." is an example of a(n) A) Simile. B) Alliteration. C) Metaphor. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 24. When they are on vacation, the Smiths eat like kings. A) Metaphor. B) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Simile. 25. The mom was a busy bee making the thanksgiving dinner A) Similarly. B) Metaphor. 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