This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Figures Of Speech > Similes And Metaphors – Quiz 35 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Similes And Metaphors Quiz 35 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The cat's fur was a blanket of warmth. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 2. Identify the figure of speech in the following sentence:'The classroom was a zoo during the lunch break.' A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Personification. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 3. Similes and metaphors are poetic devices. What does this mean? A) Every poem includes at least one simile or metaphor. B) Similes and metaphors are commonly found in poetry. C) Similes are metaphors are rarely used in poetry. D) Similes and metaphors are tricks that poets use to trick their readers. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Similes and metaphors are commonly found in poetry. 4. "As brave as a lion" is an example of what? A) Metaphor. B) Personification. C) Simile. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Simile. 5. Don't put all your eggs in one basket. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Idiom. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Idiom. 6. Simile or metaphor?The swings on the playground are dragons swaying back and forth. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 7. They fought like cats and dogs. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 8. Explain the meaning of the metaphor in the following sentence.The snow is a white blanket. A) The snow was cold and needed a blanket. B) The snow was covered by a blanket. C) The snow covered the entire ground. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The snow covered the entire ground. 9. It's raining like cats and dogs out there! A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 10. What are the swings being compared to?The swings moved as gently as leaves in the breeze. A) Gently. B) Leaves. C) Breeze. D) The playground. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Leaves. 11. Simile or metaphor?The ice cream truck was as cold as a polar bear's nose. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 12. Identify the metaphor in the following sentence:'The classroom was a zoo during the lunch break.' A) The classroom was noisy. B) The classroom was like a zoo. C) The classroom was a zoo. D) The classroom was full of animals. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The classroom was a zoo. 13. This house is as clean as a whistle. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 14. Identify the simile in the following sentence:The old man's memory was as sharp as a tack. A) As dull as a tack. B) As sharp as a needle. C) As bright as a tack. D) As sharp as a tack. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) As sharp as a tack. 15. Her tears were two rivers flowing down her cheeks. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 16. Which of the following is a simile? A) His heart is a rock. B) Her eyes were as blue as the ocean. C) The moon is a spotlight. A) His heart is a cloud. B) Her eyes were as blue as the ocean. C) The sun is a flower. D) Their laughter is a rainbow. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Her eyes were as blue as the ocean. 17. What is the literary device used in the sentence:'The stars were diamonds in the sky'? A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Personification. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 18. Which of the following could be added to the phrase, "My cat is black" to form a simile? A) And furry. B) All over. C) In color. D) As ink. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) As ink. 19. Key words for similes are what? A) Is, are, were, was. B) Like or as. C) That or them. D) There are no key words. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Like or as. 20. A metaphor compares two things WITHOUT using the words ..... A) Have and of. B) Like and as. C) To have and to hold. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Like and as. 21. My children are my sunshine on a gloomy day. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 22. Her temper tantrum was a tornado passing through the Midwest. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Idiom. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 23. Simile or metaphor?The teacher's voice is a symphony when she reads poetry to the class. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 24. Simile or Metaphor?The house is as clean as a whistle. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 25. A comparison of two things without using 'like' or 'as' is: A) Alliteration. B) Simile. C) Onomatopoeia. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 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