Poem - On Killing a Tree – Gieve Patel 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 - On Killing a Tree – Gieve Patel MCQ Questions


7.
Which figure of speech is used in the line
"The source, white and wet"?
A.
Metaphor
B.
Simile
C.
Alliteration
D.
Personification
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ANSWER :
C. Alliteration
8.

The line "It takes much time to kill a tree"
is an example of which figure of speech?

A.

Hyperbole

B.

Metaphor

C.

Personification

D.

Simile

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ANSWER :

C. Personification

9.

Which figure of speech is used in the phrase
"Years of sunlight, air, water"?

A.

Alliteration

B.

Assonance

C.

Personification

D.

Metaphor

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ANSWER :

A. Alliteration

10.
The line "Rising out of it, feeding / Upon its crust"
uses which figure of speech?
A.
Simile
B.
Alliteration
C.
Personification
D.
Metaphor
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ANSWER :
C. Personification
11.
Which figure of speech is used in the line
"The most sensitive, hidden / For years inside the earth"?
A.
Simile
B.
Hyperbole
C.
Personification
D.
Alliteration
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ANSWER :
B. Hyperbole
12.
Which figure of speech is used in the line
"Out of the anchoring earth; Out from the earth-cave"
A.
Assonance
B.
Oxymoron
C.
Alliteration
D.
Anaphora
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ANSWER :
D. Anaphora