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
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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
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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
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ANSWER :
B. Simile
4.
Identify the figure of speech in
"Fly as thick as driving rain":
A.
Simile
B.
Metaphor
C.
Personification
D.
Hyperbole
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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

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ANSWER :

B. Metaphor

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
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ANSWER :
C. Alliteration