Analogy, Metaphor, Simile Quiz

What is a simile?

• A type of poem

• A comparison saying something is something else

• A literal description

• A comparison using 'like' or 'as'

What is an analogy?

• A type of metaphor

• An extended comparison to explain an idea

• A type of simile

• A direct statement

"Everywhere I'm looking now
I'm surrounded by your embrace
Baby, I can see your halo
You know you're my saving grace" – Beyoncé, Halo

In this analogy, the writer is comparing​:

• her loved one

  with

  an angel

• an embrace

  with

  a halo

• her loved one

  with

  herself

• herself

  with

  an angel

"They crowded very close about him, with their hands always on him in a careful, caressing grip, as though all the while feeling him to make sure he was there. It was like men handling a fish which is still alive and may jump back into the water."

In this analogy, the writer is comparing:

​

• a crowd's grip

  with

  fishermen handling a fish

• a crowd

  with

  himself

• a crowd's hands

  with

  a fish swimming in the water

• himself

  with

  the water

"And I fell for you like water/Falls from the February sky
But now the current's stronger/No, I couldn't get out if I tried"

–Olivia Rodrigo, Logical

In this analogy, the writer is comparing:

• her love

  with

  water

  (rain and a river)

• her love

  with

  the February sky

• herself

  with

  a current

• her love

  with

  water

  (a puddle and a lake)

"'So she's going to die soon?' said my father.

After this, I couldn't hear their voices any longer; for in my ears I heard a sound like a bird's wings flapping in panic. Perhaps it was my heart, I don't know. But if you've ever seen a bird trapped inside the great hall of a temple, looking for some way out, well, that was how my mind was reacting."

In this analogy, the writer is comparing:

​

• their mind

  with

  a trapped bird

• their father

  with

  a trapped bird

• the voices

  with

  panic

• their mind

  with

  the hall of a temple

'Concrete' things are things that are real and can be experienced with your senses.

Which of the following is a concrete thing?

• Love

• A year

• A cat

• Bravery

'Abstract' means 'existing as an idea, but not as something we can touch or sense.'

Which of the following is an example of something abstract?

• Kindness

• The ocean

• A thunderstorm

• Fire

What is this an example of?

She's a night owl.

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Alliteration

• Synonym