Similes And Metaphors Quiz 28 (25 MCQs) | Global MCQ Practice 🌍
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📝 Similes And Metaphors – Quiz 28
1. When do we use similes and metaphors in communicating messages to others?.
A) All of the above.
B) Songs.
C) Stories and books.
D) Ads on TV.
E) Texting with friends.
2. He was a mouse walking down the hall.
A) Metaphor.
B) Simile.
C) No comparison.
D) None of above.
3. What is the definition of tone?.
A) How loud you play an instrument.
B) How loud you sing.
C) The attitude or mood of the author.
D) The way you talk to someone.
4. Choose the best ending for the metaphor below:Jon is so fast! Jon is a .
A) Rocket.
B) Car.
C) Lion.
D) None of above.
5. What two things are being compared in the following simile? Sylvia's new lotion made her face as smooth as a baby's skin.
A) Sylvia's face and a baby's skin.
B) Sylvia and her face.
C) Lotion and Sylvia's face.
D) Sylvia and lotion.
6. My dad is a clown, always joking around and acting goofier than anyone I know.
A) Metaphor.
B) Simile.
7. Complete the sentence with a metaphor.He was drowning in _____ .
A) An ocean of grief.
B) The big ocean.
C) The small pool.
D) The muddy swamp.
8. When two unlike things are being compared using like or as, it is called a.
A) Simile.
B) Metaphor.
C) Hyperbole.
D) Idiom.
9. "Love is a battlefield.".
A) Metaphor.
B) Simile.
C) Neither.
D) None of above.
10. They fought like cats and dogs! What does the simile mean?.
A) The fighting was intense and they fought a lot.
B) They had long claws and sharp teeth.
C) One of them was a cat and the other was a dog.
D) They weren't fighting at all.
11. Simile or Metaphor:They stood alone, frozen statues on the plain.
A) Simile.
B) Metaphor.
12. On stage, she was a brave lion.
A) Metaphor.
B) Simile.
13. What two things are being compared? George is lightining as he runs the race.
A) George and lightning.
B) Lightning and race.
C) Runs and race.
D) George and the race.
14. Your voice is like Lea Salonga's voice over roofs at dawn.
A) Neither .
B) Simile.
C) Metaphor.
D) None of above.
15. The best friends had so much in common they were like two peas in a pod. What are the words in blue an example of?.
A) Simile.
B) Metaphor.
16. Life is like a box of chocolates. You never know what you're gonna get!.
A) Metaphor.
B) Simile.
17. The paper is as light as a feather.
A) Simile.
B) Metaphor.
18. "Life is a b _____ and death is her sister".
A) Metaphor.
B) Simile.
19. Explain the meaning of the simile in the sentence below. Your eyes shine like the sun.
A) Your eyes are yellow.
B) Your eyes are bright.
20. Nathan is a pillar of the community means that he is _____ .
A) An honest and caring member of his community.
B) A false member of his community.
C) A worthless member of his community.
D) A less important member of his community.
21. She is a shining star.
A) She is an actress.
B) She sparkles.
C) She is a loser.
D) She is successful.
22. As hungry as a wolf.
A) Metaphor.
B) Simile.
23. A day without you is like a year without rain.
A) Simile.
B) Metaphor.
24. Your voice is music to my ears.
A) Your voice is pleasing to me.
B) Your voice is hoarse.
C) Your voice upsets me.
D) None of above.
25. What is a metaphor?.
A) A comparison saying one thing is something else.
B) Two words with the same meaning.
C) A comparison using like or as.
D) None of above.