Quiz: Is It A Simile Or A Metaphor? Put Your Grammar Skills To The Test!

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Will you get grammar schooled by this quiz?

How well do you know the English language? Will you be able to distinguish between similes and metaphors?

Angie
Angie
 Jul 24, 2020

1 of 18Is this a simile or a metaphor?

As the teacher entered the room, she muttered under her breath, "This class is like a three-ring circus."
Simile
Metaphor

2 of 18Is this a simile or a metaphor?

The giant's steps were thunder as he ran toward Jack.
Metaphor
Simile

3 of 18Is this a simile or a metaphor?

The pillow was a cloud when I put my head on it after a long day.
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4 of 18Is this a simile or a metaphor?

I feel like a limp dishrag.
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5 of 18Is this a simile or a metaphor?

Those girls are like two peas in a pod.
Metaphor
Simile

6 of 18Is this a simile or a metaphor?

The fluorescent light was the sun during the test.
Metaphor
Simile

7 of 18Is this a simile or a metaphor?

No one invites Harold to parties because he is a wet blanket.
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Metaphor

8 of 18Is this a simile or a metaphor?

The bar of soap was a slippery eel during the dog's bath.
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9 of 18Is this a simile or a metaphor?

Ted was as nervous as a mouse in a room full of cats.
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Simile

10 of 18Is this a simile or a metaphor?

He's as dead as a doornail.
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11 of 18Is this a simile or a metaphor?

Love is a battlefield.
Simile
Metaphor

12 of 18Is this a simile or a metaphor?

Life is like a box of chocolates.
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13 of 18Is this a simile or a metaphor?

It's raining cats and dogs outside.
Metaphor
Simile

14 of 18Is this a simile or a metaphor?

You ain't nothin' but a hound dog cryin' all the time.
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15 of 18Is this a simile or a metaphor?

His voice is an angel's song.
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Simile

16 of 18Is this a simile or a metaphor?

Her music is a portal to another world.
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17 of 18Is this a simile or a metaphor?

The baby was like an octopus, grabbing at all the cans on the shelves.
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18 of 18Is this a simile or a metaphor?

Your love is like the wind; I can't see it, but I can feel it.
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Metaphor
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