Figures of Speech-A Thing of Beauty TNPSC Group 2 2A Questions

Figures of Speech-A Thing of Beauty MCQ Questions

7.
Identify the figure of speech used in the following lines:
"Pouring unto us from the heaven's brink."
A.
Hyperbole
B.
Alliteration
C.
Metaphor
D.
Personification
ANSWER :
C. Metaphor
8.
Identify the figure of speech used in the following lines:
"Yes, in spite of all, some shape of beauty moves away the pall
From our dark spirits."
A.
Simile
B.
Metaphor
C.
Personification
D.
Hyperbole
ANSWER :
C. Personification
9.
Identify the figure of speech used in the following lines:
"Full of sweet dreams, and health, and quiet breathing."
A.
Simile
B.
Metaphor
C.
Personification
D.
Alliteration
ANSWER :
D. Alliteration
10.
Identify the figure of speech used in the following lines:
"All lovely tales that we have heard or read:
An endless fountain of immortal drink,
Pouring unto us from the heaven's brink."
A.
Hyperbole
B.
Metaphor
C.
Simile
D.
Personification
ANSWER :
A. Hyperbole
11.
Identify the figure of speech used in the following lines:
"And clear rills that for themselves a cooling covert make
'Gainst the hot season; the mid forest brake,
Rich with a sprinkling of fair musk-rose blooms."
A.
Hyperbole
B.
Alliteration
C.
Simile
D.
Personification
ANSWER :
D. Personification
12.
From our dark spirits. Such the sun, the moon,
Identify the figure of speech used in the following lines:
A.
Imagery
B.
Oxymoron
C.
Simile
D.
Hyperbole
ANSWER :
A. Imagery