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Similes and Metaphors Quiz(6.L.5)
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Question 1
1.
What is a simile?
a comparison using the words "like" or "as"
a comparison that does not use the words "like" or "as"
An adverbial phrase that compares one thing to another
a type of poem in which two things are compared
Question 2
2.
What is a metaphor?
A comparison that uses the words "like" or "as"
A comparison that does not use the words "like" or "as"
A independent clause
A type of poem in which two things are compared
Question 3
3.
Which of the following sentences contains a simile?
The mouse was quiet
The mouse was whisper-quiet
The mouse was quiet as a whisper
The mouse's footsteps sounded whispery
Question 4
4.
In the sentence, "When the cat stalks his prey, he is a shadow," what two things are being compared?
The cat and its prey
The cat and its shadow
The cat and a shadow
The prey and its shadow
Question 5
5.
Which of the following could be added to the phrase, "My cat is black" to form a simile?
And furry
All over
In color
As ink
Question 6
6.
Which of the following is a metaphor?
His hair is flame red
Like a flame, his hair is red
In the sunlight, his hair is flame
His hair is red as a flame
Question 7
7.
Which of the following sentences contains a metaphor?
The house was a carnival
The house was noisy like a carnival
The house had a carnival-like atmosphere
The carnival moved into the house
Question 8
8.
Which of the following sentences contains a simile?
She was a gazelle
She ran faster than a gazelle
A gazelle couldn't run faster than she did
She was as graceful as a gazelle
Question 9
9.
He is a walking dictionary.
Simile
Metaphor
Neither
Question 10
10.
I like to walk on the beach.
Simile
Metaphor
Neither