Similes And Metaphors Quiz 3 (25 MCQs) | Global MCQ Practice 🌍
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🎯 Similes And Metaphors – Quiz 3
1. His music is singing to her ears.
A) Simile.
B) Metaphor.
2. There I waited, crouched behind my pointed wall of words.
A) Metaphor.
B) Simile.
C) Neither.
D) None of above.
3. What two things are being compared in the simile:"The dried branches were like fingernails on a chalkboard.".
A) Branches and fingernails.
B) Dried and chalkboard.
C) Branches and chalkboard.
D) Branches and like.
4. Which of the following sentences contains a metaphor?.
A) The classroom was a circus.
B) I smelled the delicious scent of grilled chicken.
C) The sand felt as hot as a frying pan.
D) The homework was very difficult.
5. What is a metaphor?.
A) A group of words in a poem.
B) A comparison using as or like.
C) Giving human qualities to an inanimate object.
D) Comparing things without using as or like.
6. What do similes and metaphors have in common?.
A) They compare two or more things.
B) They both use math equations.
C) They both use "like" or "as.".
D) They can not be used to describe people.
7. A simile is like a metaphor. Which of these is a simile?.
A) Let's go paint the town red.
B) Larry is like his twin Louie.
C) Love is a battlefield.
D) Life is like a box of chocolates.
8. The bar of soap was a slippery eel during the dog's bath.
A) Metaphor.
B) Simile.
C) Neither.
D) None of above.
9. Simile or metaphor? Cindy is a fish when she swims.
A) Metaphor.
B) Simile.
10. Is this a simile or a metaphor? Ella's neck is long like a giraffes.
A) Simile.
B) Metaphor.
11. After the ball was run over by the car, it was as flat as a pancake. What are the words in blue an example of?.
A) Metaphor.
B) Simile.
12. The clouds look like puffy cotton balls.
A) Metaphor.
B) Simile.
13. What are the similes.
A) I am 7 years old.
B) What do you want to do.
C) It is as hot as the sun.
14. I'm feeling as sick as a dog.
A) Simile.
B) Metaphor.
15. Which figure of speech is used in the sentence:'The moon was a ghostly galleon tossed upon cloudy seas.'?.
A) Personification.
B) Hyperbole.
C) Metaphor.
D) Simile.
16. The sky on a clear day is like the inside of a huge balloon swelling up, up, up into space. My cat is a wisp of smoke that slips between the gap in the fence on a cold morning.Which sentence is a metaphor?.
A) My cat is a wisp of smoke that slips between the gap in the fence on a cold morning.
B) The sky on a clear day is like the inside of a huge balloon swelling up, up, up into space.
17. Asking Jenny the answer was like asking Google.
A) She knows a lot of information.
B) She will get you the answer by researching it.
C) She is good with technology.
D) None of the above.
18. The cooing baby was just as cute as a kitten!.
A) Metaphor.
B) Simile.
19. The elephant in the room.
A) Simile.
B) Metaphor.
20. Sara is as quiet as a mouse.
A) Simile.
B) Metaphor.
21. His punches where as overwhelming as avalanches of snow.
A) Simile.
B) Metaphor.
C) Neither.
D) None of above.
22. The cookies were so overcooked that they were as hard as rocks.
A) Really hard.
B) Nice and soft.
C) Just right.
D) Fluffy.
23. A simile is a figure of speech that directly compares two things using like or as.
A) True.
B) False.
24. They are as alike as two peas in a pod.
A) Metaphor.
B) Simile.
25. What is the meaning? The football player was as strong as an ox as he tackled the quarterback.
A) He smelled like an animal.
B) He was extremely strong.