This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Figures Of Speech > Similes And Metaphors – Quiz 26 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Similes And Metaphors Quiz 26 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Amiria is a sloth A) Simile. B) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 2. Simile or Metaphor?They are as different as night and day? A) Simile. B) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 3. Which of these lyrics is a metaphor? A) "I'm like a bird, I want to fly away.". B) "All in all you're just another brick in the wall.". Show Answer Correct Answer: B) "All in all you're just another brick in the wall.". 4. Mary said the medicine was as sweet as candy.What does the simile mean? A) The medicine tastes bad. B) The medicine tastes good. C) The medicine tastes like Skittles. D) She doesn't want to take the medicine. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The medicine tastes like Skittles. 5. The metaphor, 'Eben has butterflies in his stomach', means what? A) Eben is about to vommit. B) Eben just ate some butterflies. C) Eben is feeling nervous and maybe excited. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Eben is feeling nervous and maybe excited. 6. What is the function of similes? A) Compare two unlike things using the words like or as. B) Compare two things by saying one thing is another. (does not use like or as). C) A common saying that cannot be taken literally. D) An exaggeration that is too extreme to be taken seriously. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Compare two unlike things using the words like or as. 7. What two things are being compared in the following sentence:Her hair was as black as coal. A) Her and hair. B) Hair and coal. C) Hair and black. D) Her and coal. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hair and coal. 8. Simile or Metaphor?Laughter is the best medicine. A) Metaphor. B) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Metaphor. 9. Which of the following is a characteristic of similes? A) Similes use connecting words like 'like' or 'as' to establish a clear comparison. B) Similes create vivid mental images by stating that one thing is another thing. C) Similes are often used to emphasize a particular quality or attribute of the subject. D) Similes directly compare two different things without using connecting words. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Similes use connecting words like 'like' or 'as' to establish a clear comparison. 10. Her skin was white as snow. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 11. The metaphor 'A heart of gold', means what? A) A person that is sweet, kind, generious and of good nature has a heart of gold. B) A heart heavy as gold. C) Someone who is very rich. D) Just a bit of mumbo-jumbo. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A person that is sweet, kind, generious and of good nature has a heart of gold. 12. My mind is a puddle in the street reflecting green. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Neither. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 13. What is being compared ..... and why ..... Dalyhla has a memory like a camera A) Dalyhlas memory, camerabecause a camera takes pictures like your memory does. B) Camera, schoolbecause a camera is little. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dalyhlas memory, camerabecause a camera takes pictures like your memory does. 14. Her hair was a flowing golden river streaming down her shoulders. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 15. Her legs were like cooked noodles. What two things are being compared? A) Her and noodles. B) Legs and cooked. C) Noodles and cooked. D) Legs and noodles. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Legs and noodles. 16. Ashley's new lotion made her face as smooth as a baby's skin. A) Ashley's face was really rough. B) Ashley's face was really smooth. C) Ashley's face was oily. D) Ashley's face was really dry. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ashley's face was really smooth. 17. I am so tired that I move like a sloth. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Neither. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 18. What two things are being compared in this sentence? After doing 20 push-ups John's arms felt like limp noodles. A) Push-ups and John. B) Arms and noodles. C) Push-ups and noodles. D) John and noodles. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Arms and noodles. 19. How does a simile compare two different things? A) By using the words 'not' or 'never'. B) By using the words 'is' or 'are'. C) By using the words 'with' or 'without'. D) By using the words 'like' or 'as'. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) By using the words 'like' or 'as'. 20. Which one of the following IS a simile? A) Her hair was like snow. B) You are my sunshine. C) Success is key. D) He is a night owl. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Her hair was like snow. 21. The boy was as quick as lightning in the race A) Simile. B) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 22. 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 above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Stay positive. 23. New money, suit and tieI can read you like a magazine A) Simile. B) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 24. Identify the figure of speech in the following sentence. Mikey waited in the cold until his fingers were icicles. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Both a simile and a metaphor. D) There is no figure of speech in that sentence. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 25. Henry stomped through the door like an elephant. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Neither. D) None of above. 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