TNPSC General English - Literature Figures of Speech
Exam Duration: 45 Mins Total Questions : 30
Speech that came like leech-craft.What is the figure of speech employed here?
- (a)
Metaphor
- (b)
Simile
- (c)
Allusion
- (d)
Oxymoron
"In the beginning was the word And the word was God". Mention the figure of speech used in this line
- (a)
Alliteration
- (b)
Allusion
- (c)
Simile
- (d)
Metaphor
"But once within the wood, we paused like gnomes that hid us from the moon". Bring out the words of Alliteration?
- (a)
within-wood
- (b)
gnomes-moon
- (c)
paused-wood
- (d)
gnomes-wood
"Mark'd how to explore the vacant vast surrounding". Bring out the words of alliteration
- (a)
explore-vacant
- (b)
vast-surrounding
- (c)
vacant-vast
- (d)
explore-surrounding
"And I thought of the albatross And I wished he would come back". Mention the figure of speech used here
- (a)
Simile
- (b)
Personification
- (c)
Metaphor
- (d)
Allusion
"And our hearts, though stout and brave Still, like muffled drums, are beating Funeral marches to the grave". Pick out the rhyming words in the given lines.
- (a)
hearts-drums
- (b)
brave-grave
- (c)
hearts-marches
- (d)
drums-marches
"Inspite of myself, the insidious mastery of song Betrays me back, till the heart of me weeps to belong". Mention the rhyming words in this lines.
- (a)
song-belong
- (b)
insidious-betrays
- (c)
mastery-heart
- (d)
insidious-weeps
"Down in the flood of remembrance" Mention the figure of speech used here
- (a)
Simile
- (b)
Metaphor
- (c)
Personification
- (d)
Allusion
"I weep like a child for the poet" Mention the figure of speech used in this line
- (a)
Personification
- (b)
Simile
- (c)
Metaphor
- (d)
Onomatopoeia
"If you can meet with triumph and disaster, And treat those two imposters just the same" Mention the figures of speech in this lines
- (a)
Simile
- (b)
Allusion
- (c)
Alliteration
- (d)
Personification
"We ran as if to meet the moon". Identify the figure of speech.
- (a)
Personification
- (b)
hyperbole
- (c)
Simile
- (d)
Metaphor
"But once within the wood, we paused Like gnomes that hid us from the moon" Mention the figures of speech used
- (a)
Allusion
- (b)
Simile
- (c)
Personification
- (d)
Alliteration
"Our knees tremble sorely in the stooping We fall upon our faces, trying to go; And underneath our heavy eyelids drooping, The reddest flower would look as pale as snow" Bring out Rhyme Scheme in these lines.
- (a)
abab
- (b)
aabb
- (c)
abba
- (d)
abca
"I spawn and splash in distant spills" in this line which is the Onomatopoeia word
- (a)
spawn
- (b)
splash
- (c)
spills
- (d)
distant
"The globe's my world, The cloud's my kin
I care not where the skies begin"
Pick out the rhyming words in this lines
- (a)
globe-care
- (b)
cloud's-skies
- (c)
kin-begin
- (d)
world-skies
"Virgin rock takes from"
Mention the figures of speech
- (a)
Metaphor
- (b)
Personification
- (c)
Simile
- (d)
Oxymoron
"Only blood shot eyes betray"
Mention the Alliteration in the line
- (a)
blood-shot
- (b)
eyes-betray
- (c)
blood-betray
- (d)
shot-betray
"Steady throb
Then staccato rhythm"
what is the figure of speech used here.
- (a)
Oxymoron
- (b)
personification
- (c)
Simile
- (d)
Metaphor
"Of childish days is upon me, my manhood is cast". Pick out the words of Alliteration.
- (a)
A)childish-cast
- (b)
B)days-cast
- (c)
C)me, my, manhood
- (d)
D)A & C
"Piles pf purple crystals
Sparkling in the light
Such wonderful inner beauty
Now apparent for our delight"
Mention the Rhyming Scheme
- (a)
aabc
- (b)
abba
- (c)
aabb
- (d)
abcb
"Deep blue cup of the sky"- Mention the figure of speech.
- (a)
Mataphor
- (b)
Oxymoron
- (c)
Alliteration
- (d)
Simile
"Guesting a while in the rooms of a beautiful inn".
Mention the figure of speech.
- (a)
Simile
- (b)
Metaphor
- (c)
Oxymoron
- (d)
Personification
"Life is queer with its twists
As everyone of us sometime learns"
Bring out the rhyming words in this line
- (a)
queer-twists
- (b)
twists-learns
- (c)
learns-sometime
- (d)
queer-learns
Your nose would be a source of dread
Were it attached atop your head
It soon would drive you to despair
Forever tickled by your hair
Bring out the Rhyme Scheme used in these lines.
- (a)
abba
- (b)
aabb
- (c)
abab
- (d)
aabc
And kingdoms may forget their kings
And dogs forget their bites
But not till Man forgets his wings
Will men forget the Wrights"
Bring out the Rhyme Scheme in these lines.
- (a)
abab
- (b)
abba
- (c)
abbc
- (d)
abac
I listened motionless and still;
And, as I mentioned up the hill;
The music in my heart I bore
Long after it was heard no more
Mention the Rhyme Scheme in these lines.
- (a)
aabb
- (b)
abba
- (c)
abbc
- (d)
abca
"Alone she cuts and binds the grain"
Mention the figure of speech in this line
- (a)
Simile
- (b)
Apostrophe
- (c)
Oxymoron
- (d)
Personification
"Children yet, the tale to hear
Eager eye and willing ear
Loving shall nestle near"
Bring out the Rhyme Scheme in these lines
- (a)
aab
- (b)
aba
- (c)
abc
- (d)
abb
"In a wonderland they lie,
Dreaming as the days go by"
Mention the figure of speech used here
- (a)
Metaphor
- (b)
Simile
- (c)
Personification
- (d)
Oxymoron
"O Captain! My Captain! our fearful trip is done,
The Ship has weather'd every rack, the prize we sought is own"
Mention the figure of speech used here
- (a)
Simile
- (b)
Personification
- (c)
Metaphor
- (d)
Apostrophe