This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Figures Of Speech > Similes And Metaphors – Quiz 36 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Similes And Metaphors Quiz 36 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. "Cinderella's Beauty Salon" is an example of: A) Irony. B) A pun. C) Allusion. D) Onomatopoeia. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Allusion. 2. Identify the metaphor in the following sentence:Time is a thief. A) Time is a teacher. B) Time is a thief. C) Time is a healer. D) Time is a friend. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Time is a thief. 3. What is being compared in the metaphor:'Time is a thief'? A) Time and a thief. B) Time and money. C) Thief and a clock. D) Time and a clock. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Time and a thief. 4. Why does the speaker compare ballerinas to swans?The ballerinas were like swans gliding over the stage. A) To show that they were white. B) To show that they squawked like birds. C) To show that they can swim. D) To show that they are graceful and elegant. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) To show that they are graceful and elegant. 5. Simile or Metaphor?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. 6. When Danielle says, "I can smell the pizza from a mile away, " she means: A) People who are a mile away from the pizza can definitely smell it. B) She cannot smell the pizza when she is close to it. C) The pizza has a very strong smell. D) The pizza does not smell bad, but it does not smell good either. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The pizza has a very strong smell. 7. They drifted past my domain like logs on a lazy river. (page 21) A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 8. What two things are being compared?The snow is like a white blanket. A) Snow-blanket. B) Snow-white. C) White-blanket. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Snow-blanket. 9. Teachers have eyes like a hawk. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Idiom. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 10. The metaphor, 'John has butterflies in his stomach', means what? A) John is about to feel sick. B) John just ate some butterflies. C) John is feeling nervous and maybe excited. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) John is feeling nervous and maybe excited. 11. What are art supplies being compared to?The art supplies are a treasure chest of color. A) Art class. B) Treasure. C) Chest. D) Colors. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Chest. 12. Complete the simile:As brave as ..... A) A lion. B) A mouse. C) A turtle. D) A rabbit. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A lion. 13. This assignment was a breeze!Simile or Metaphor? A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 14. What is the main difference between a simile and a metaphor? A) A simile uses 'like' or 'as' to compare, while a metaphor does not. B) A metaphor uses 'like' or 'as' to compare, while a simile does not. C) Both use 'like' or 'as' to compare. D) Neither uses 'like' or 'as' to compare. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A simile uses 'like' or 'as' to compare, while a metaphor does not. 15. After the bell rang, the students were like cars at a green light. A) The students were slowing down. B) The students were leaving quickly. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The students were leaving quickly. 16. As sweet as ..... A) An ox. B) Sugar. C) A fox. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sugar. 17. What two things are being compared?His nose was as red as a ripe strawberry. A) Nose-red. B) Nose-strawberry. C) Red-strawberry. D) Red-ripe. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Nose-strawberry. 18. After playing football on a cold January day, his fingers were icicles.Simile or Metaphor? A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 19. What two things are being compared in this this sentence? A) Friends to peas. B) Friends to pods. C) Peas to pods. D) Best to friends. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Friends to peas. 20. Determine the type of sentence.Don't just sit there like a bump on a log! A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Idiom. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 21. She ran like the wind across the field.What is the meaning of the simile above? A) Her hair blew in the breeze. B) She ran fast. C) She was running against the wind. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) She ran fast. 22. My hair is as soft as silk. A) Metaphor. B) Simile. C) Neither. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Simile. 23. What word would BEST complete the simile:The speeding car was moving as fast as ..... A) A snail. B) Lightning. C) A sloth. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Lightning. 24. "Let's imagine for a moment that you never made a name for yourself / or mastered wealth they had you labeled as a king" A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Neither. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Neither. 25. What is the cat's fur being compared to?The cat's fur was as soft as a feather. A) Another cat. B) Feather. C) Soft things. D) Your cat. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Feather. ← 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