Poem - From a Railway Carriage – Robert Louis Balfour Stevenson TNPSC Group 2 2A Questions

General English - Unit VII: Literary Works - Figures of Speech, Appreciation and Analysis of Poetry, Lines of Significance (15 Q)

Poem - From a Railway Carriage – Robert Louis Balfour Stevenson MCQ Questions

1.
What figure of speech is used in the line
"Faster than fairies, faster than witches"?
A.
Simile
B.
Metaphor
C.
Personification
D.
Hyperbole
ANSWER :
A. Simile
2.
Which figure of speech is evident in
"Bridges and houses, hedges and ditches"?
A.
Alliteration
B.
Consonance
C.
Assonance
D.
Onomatopoeia
ANSWER :
A. Alliteration
3.
The phrase "charging along like troops in a battle" uses which figure of speech?
A.
Metaphor
B.
Simile
C.
Personification
D.
Oxymoron
ANSWER :
B. Simile
4.
Identify the figure of speech in
"Fly as thick as driving rain":
A.
Simile
B.
Metaphor
C.
Personification
D.
Hyperbole
ANSWER :
A. Simile
5.
What is the figure of speech in the line
"And ever again, in the wink of an eye"?
A.
Simile
B.
Metaphor
C.
Hyperbole
D.
Onomatopoeia
ANSWER :
C. Hyperbole
6.
The repetition of the initial consonant sound in
"Faster than fairies, faster than witches" is an example of:
A.
Assonance
B.
Consonance
C.
Alliteration
D.
Onomatopoeia
ANSWER :
C. Alliteration