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Simile, Metaphor or Personification Quiz


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The waxed floor was as slippery as an ice rink.

A. Simile
B. Metaphor
C. Personification


The idea was a fire in my head.

A. Simile
B. Metaphor
C. Personification


Fall leaves were scattered like confetti.

A. Simile
B. Metaphor
C. Personification


Snow speaks to the people, its falling above in the glooming sunlight. Its white sparkling voice echoes as it falls through the air.

A. Simile
B. Metaphor
C. Personification


“Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day?
Thou art more lovely and more temperate:”
Sonnet 18: William Shakespeare

A. Simile
B. Metaphor
C. Personification


The Statue of Liberty was much larger than I expected.

A. Simile
B. Metaphor
C. Neither


The sun was as bright as a flashlight shining in my eyes.

A. Simile
B. Metaphor
C. Neither


The wide rock ledge was a safe harbor for the weary mountain climbers.

A. Simile
B. Metaphor
C. Personification


The boy’s room was an amusement arcade.

A. Simile
B. Metaphor
C. Personification


John’s new car was a lemon.

A. Simile
B. Metaphor
C. Personification


The trees of the forest watched sympathetically over the lost child.

A. Simile
B. Metaphor
C. Personification


The old car woke reluctantly from its overnight sleep. Coughing and sputtering, it finally broke into a loud roar.

A. Simile
B. Metaphor
C. Personification


The whined like a puppy.

A. Simile
B. Metaphor
C. Personification
D. Neither


Iva worked hard on her report. After presenting it to the class, she felt as light as a feather.

A. Simile
B. Metaphor
C. Personification


Human characteristics are given to an animal or object. Example: The chocolate screamed for me to eat it.

A. SImile
B. Metaphor
C. Personification


Blind justice was not on his side.

A. Simile
B. Metaphor
C. Personification


Shay ran in a relay race on Saturday. When it was over, her legs felt like lead.

A. Simile
B. Metaphor
C. Personification


The green vines wound their green arms around the rusty gate.

A. Simile
B. Metaphor
C. Personification


After Marshall climbed three flights of stairs, he had to sit down. He was a puffing steam engine.

A. Simile
B. Metaphor
C. Personification


The truck groaned under the weight of its load.

A. Simile
B. Metaphor
C. Personification


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