This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Figures Of Speech > Similes And Metaphors – Quiz 40 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Similes And Metaphors Quiz 40 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. This is going to cost me an arm and a leg! A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Idiom. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Idiom. 2. Simile or Metaphor?He is a walking dictionary. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 3. Stella is a mountain. Next to her I'm a rock, and Bob is a grain of sand. (page 27) A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 4. Simile or Metaphor?He was scared so much he was as white as a ghost. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 5. Bob is tiny, wiry, and fast, like a barking squirrel. His tail moves like weeds in the wind, spiraling, dancing. (page 34) A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 6. Simile or metaphor?The waterfall flowed like a river of liquid silver. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 7. Simile or metaphor?She is a scared chicken. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 8. What is the meaning of this metaphor?She is a shining star. A) She is not very nice. B) She is an actress. C) She is successful. D) She sparkles. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) She is successful. 9. "I'ma rain, I'ma rain on this bitter love / Tell the sweet I'm new" A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Neither. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 10. Identify whether the following sentence is a simile or a metaphor:'The classroom was a zoo during recess.' A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Neither. D) Both. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 11. As busy as A) A sloth. B) A bee. C) A newborn baby. D) A snail. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A bee. 12. Anna's green eyes are like jewels. A) Anna's eyes are dry. B) Anna's eyes are sparkling. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Anna's eyes are sparkling. 13. Which on$_{}$e is a metaphor A) Mom is that you. B) He was a lion in the fight. C) The car is running so fast. D) We had a ton of$_{}$$^{}$ work. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He was a lion in the fight. 14. "As old as the hills" is an example of: A) Simile and allusion. B) Simile and hyperbole. C) Metaphor and hyperbole. D) Mixed metaphor and allusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Simile and hyperbole. 15. The tiny red ant climbed up the broken limb. Which sense is being described? A) Sight. B) Sound. C) Smell. D) Hear. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sight. 16. Technology is the best thing since sliced bread. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Idiom. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Idiom. 17. Identify the simile in the following sentence:Her smile was like a ray of sunshine. A) Like a ray of sunshine. B) Soft as a cloud. C) Warm as a fire. D) Bright as a diamond. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Like a ray of sunshine. 18. His eyes were ice as he stared at her. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 19. Simile or metaphor?My pile of homework was a mountain to climb that night at home. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 20. Which one is an example of a simile? A) Chicken is my life!. B) The sun is like a fireball in the sky. C) Education is your passport to satisfying employment. D) The milkshake is thick. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The sun is like a fireball in the sky. 21. What is the meaning of the following simile?"as hungry as a bear recently awakened from hibernation" A) Someone is really hungry. B) Someone is slightly sleepy. C) Someone is extremely sleepy. D) Someone is slightly hungry. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Someone is really hungry. 22. 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. 23. Tom was a rage of fire when he got mad at his friend. A) Metaphor. B) Neither. C) Simile. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Metaphor. 24. The house was 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. What type of imagery is this?The thunder clapped loudly shaking the house A) Sight. B) Sound. C) Touch. D) Taste. 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