Similes And Metaphors Quiz 29 (25 MCQs) | Global MCQ Practice 🌍
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📝 Similes And Metaphors – Quiz 29
1. "No matter who's buying, I'm a celebration".
A) Simile.
B) Metaphor.
2. The world is your oyster.
A) Simile.
B) Metaphor.
3. Which of these are metaphors.
A) Her eyes were fireflies.
B) The handshake felt like warm laundry.
C) The clouds were like ice-cream castles in the sky.
4. True or False:A Metaphor is a direct comparison between two very unlike things (although they might have a similar quality).
A) True.
B) False.
C) Both true and false.
D) Neither true nor false.
5. What is the meaning of the following Simile? Sylvia's new lotion made her face as smooth as a baby's skin.
A) Sylvia's face was really smooth.
B) Sylvia's face was really rough.
C) Sylvia's face was oily.
D) Sylvia's face was really dry.
6. She swims like a fish.
A) Simile.
B) Metaphor.
7. Amiria is a sloth.
A) Simile.
B) Metaphor.
8. Simile or Metaphor?They are as different as night and day?.
A) Simile.
B) Metaphor.
9. Which of these lyrics is a metaphor?.
A) "All in all you're just another brick in the wall.".
B) "I'm like a bird, I want to fly away.".
10. Mary said the medicine was as sweet as candy.What does the simile mean?.
A) The medicine tastes bad.
B) The medicine tastes good.
C) The medicine tastes like Skittles.
D) She doesn't want to take the medicine.
11. The metaphor, 'Eben has butterflies in his stomach', means what?.
A) Eben is feeling nervous and maybe excited .
B) Eben is about to vommit.
C) Eben just ate some butterflies.
D) None of above.
12. What is a simile?.
A) A composition in verse.
B) A comparison that uses the words "like" or "as".
C) A comparison that does not use the words "like" or "as".
D) Exaggeration in order to emphasize something.
13. What is the function of similes?.
A) Compare two unlike things using the words like or as.
B) Compare two things by saying one thing is another. (does not use like or as).
C) A common saying that cannot be taken literally.
D) An exaggeration that is too extreme to be taken seriously.
14. What two things are being compared in the following sentence:Her hair was as black as coal.
A) Hair and coal.
B) Her and hair.
C) Hair and black.
D) Her and coal.
15. Which of the following is a simile?.
A) She acted like a baby when she didn't get her way.
B) The thunder was a stampede of horse.
C) The snow was a blanket on the pasture.
D) He was a bulldozer on the football field, knocking down everyone in his path.
16. Simile or Metaphor?Laughter is the best medicine.
A) Metaphor.
B) Simile.
17. Which of the following is a characteristic of similes?.
A) Similes use connecting words like 'like' or 'as' to establish a clear comparison.
B) Similes are often used to emphasize a particular quality or attribute of the subject.
C) Similes directly compare two different things without using connecting words.
D) Similes create vivid mental images by stating that one thing is another thing.
18. Her skin was white as snow.
A) Simile.
B) Metaphor.
19. The metaphor 'A heart of gold', means what?.
A) A person that is sweet, kind, generious and of good nature has a heart of gold.
B) A heart heavy as gold.
C) Someone who is very rich.
D) Just a bit of mumbo-jumbo.
20. My mind is a puddle in the street reflecting green.
A) Metaphor.
B) Simile.
C) Neither.
D) None of above.
21. The cookies were so overcooked that they were as hard as rocks.
A) Really hard.
B) Nice and soft.
C) Delicious.
D) Fluffy.
22. What is being compared _____ and why _____ Dalyhla has a memory like a camera.
A) Dalyhlas memory, camerabecause a camera takes pictures like your memory does.
B) Camera, schoolbecause a camera is little.
23. Her hair was a flowing golden river streaming down her shoulders.
A) Metaphor.
B) Simile.
24. Her legs were like cooked noodles. What two things are being compared?.
A) Legs and noodles.
B) Her and noodles.
C) Legs and cooked.
D) Noodles and cooked.
25. Ashley's new lotion made her face as smooth as a baby's skin.
A) Ashley's face was really smooth.
B) Ashley's face was really rough.
C) Ashley's face was oily.
D) Ashley's face was really dry.