Idioms/Similes/Metaphors Quiz

What does “it’s raining cats and dogs” really mean?

• Pets are falling from the sky.
•  I see cats and dogs outside.
• It’s raining hard today!

What does “I’m all ears” really mean?

• I am listening very closely to what you have to say.
• My ears are too big.
• I can hear really well.

What does “she has butterflies in her stomach” really mean?

• She has a nervous or anxious feeling.
• She swallowed a butterfly.
• She feels sick.

 What does “he got up on the wrong side of the bed” really mean?

• He hit his head when he got out of bed this morning.
• His bed is pushed up against the wall and he can only use one side.
• He has been grumpy since he woke up.

What does “he’s a couch potato” really mean?

• He is planting potatoes under the couch.
• He is eating a potato on the couch.
• He is lazy and doesn’t move a lot. 

Both similes and metaphors ________.

• compare things

• use the words “like” and “as”

• are ways words can rhyme in a poem

• make a story less vivid

A metaphor is a figure of speech that ________.

• uses the words “like” or “as” but doesn’t compare things

• compares things without using the words “like” or “as”

• gives a nonhuman thing human traits

• uses a word that sounds like what it means

Which of the following sentences contains a simile?

• The thunder was loud.

• The thunder boomed and rumbled.

• The thunder growled, and the windows shook.

• The thunder growled like a group of grizzly bears.

Which of the following sentences contains a metaphor?

• The boy was upset at himself.

• The boy was a tornado of emotion.

• The boy said he’d die of shame.

• The boy did not like what he’d done.

Which of the following sentences contains a metaphor?

• Her eyes shone through the darkness.

• Her eyes looked like mine.

• Her eyes were two full moons.

• Her eyes were as bright as diamonds.