This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Figures Of Speech > Similes And Metaphors – Quiz 38 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Similes And Metaphors Quiz 38 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Sometimes, metaphors can be difficult to decipher. What's the best synonym for "decipher?" A) Compare. B) Read. C) Focus. D) Figure out. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Figure out. 2. They fought like cats and dogs!What does the simile mean? A) They had long claws and sharp teeth. B) One of them was a cat and the other was a dog. C) They weren't fighting at all. D) The fighting was intense and they fought a lot. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The fighting was intense and they fought a lot. 3. Gorillas are as patient as stones. (page 3) A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 4. As skinny as ..... A) The hills. B) A giant. C) A toothpick. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A toothpick. 5. Identify the metaphor in the following sentence:The world is a stage. A) Comparing the world to a stage. B) The world is a book. C) The world is a puzzle. D) The world is a painting. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Comparing the world to a stage. 6. The city is a sea of sadness. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 7. What does this metaphor mean? A) The baby girl's smile made other people happy. B) When the baby girl smiled, the sun would rise. C) The baby never smiled. D) The baby girl's smile made the moon come out. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The baby girl's smile made other people happy. 8. What is the book being compared to?Charlotte's Web is as thick as a phone book at my grandma's house. A) Phone book. B) Grandma. C) House. D) Thick. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Phone book. 9. 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 the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Stay positive. 10. Identify the metaphor in the following sentence:The classroom was a zoo during the group activity. A) The classroom was a library. B) The classroom was a zoo. C) The classroom was a circus. D) The classroom was a garden. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The classroom was a zoo. 11. Simile or metaphor?The school's playground is a fun kingdom for all of the students. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 12. "When Adele walked through the store, each shiny pair of high heels called out to her."What is being personified? A) Adele. B) The store. C) High heels. D) Her. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) High heels. 13. What two things are being compared in the following simile? 'Her smile was as bright as the sun.' A) Her smile and the sun. B) Her smile and brightness. C) Her and the sun. D) Brightness and the sun. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Her smile and the sun. 14. BONUS:My father is a monster when he gets mad. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Neither. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 15. Simile or metaphor?Her laugh was like music to my ears. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 16. Explain the meaning of the metaphor in the following sentence.My big brother is a couch potato. A) My brother likes to eat potatoes on the couch. B) My brother likes to sit on the couch and not do anything. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) My brother likes to sit on the couch and not do anything. 17. Identify the simile in the following sentence:'The night was as dark as coal.' A) The night was dark. B) The night was as dark as coal. C) The night was coal. D) The night was as coal. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The night was as dark as coal. 18. What does "pretty as a picture" mean? A) Something is ugly. B) Something you have a picture of. C) Something is beautiful. D) Something is in the shape of a frame. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Something is beautiful. 19. What are you Marty McFly, a chicken?What does the metaphor mean? A) Someone is saying Marty crows every morning at sunrise. B) Someone is saying Marty is covered in feathers. C) Someone is saying Marty is scared. D) Someone is saying Marty is brave. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Someone is saying Marty is scared. 20. My father is a bear in the morning. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 21. "Hey lil' mama would you like to be my sunshine?" A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Neither. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 22. During stressful situations, she is as cool as a cucumber.Simile or Metaphor? A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 23. Which idiom goes the best with this sentence?I have a problem. A) I'm getting a hatI. B) I'm in a pickle. C) Don't put all of your eggs in one basket. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) I'm in a pickle. 24. Metaphor or Simile:Payton's smile is as bright as the sun. A) Metaphor. B) Simile. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Simile. 25. "Got me like ah-ah-ah-ow / I'm tired of being played like a violin" A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Neither. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. ← 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