Figures of Speech-My Computer Needs a Break TNPSC Group 2 2A Questions

Figures of Speech-My Computer Needs a Break MCQ Questions

13.
My computer has always been so brainy and smart –
It seems to know mountains of information by heart.
If I type in a question, and give my mouse a click,
My computer always gives me the answer really quick!
Identify the Rhyming scheme in the above stanza
A.
AABB
B.
ABAB
C.
ABAA
D.
None of the above
ANSWER :
A. AABB
14.
But of late, my computer has been behaving badly too,
It’s so absent-minded, that I don’t know what to do.
It forgets to ‘save’ my work, and store it away,
And instead, makes it vanish in the most dreadful way.
Identify the Rhyming scheme in the above stanza
A.
ABAB
B.
AABB
C.
ABAA
D.
None of the above
ANSWER :
B. AABB
15.

Match the following :

List I List II
a) "If I type in a question, and give my mouse a click" 1.) Metaphor
b) But of late, my computer has been behaving badly too” 2.) Onomatopoeia
c) "So I had to call in a doctor, double quick" 3.) Personification
d) It seems to know mountains of information by heart 4.) Hyperbole
A.

a-2,b-3,c-1,d-4

B.

a-2,b-1,c-4,d-3

C.

a-2,b-3,c-2,d-1

D.

a-2,b-1,c-3,d-4

ANSWER :

C. a-2,b-3,c-2,d-1

16.
My computer doesn’t check that my spellings are right,
And hides my files, so that they vanish from sight.
And one day, my naughty computer actually gobbleda worm,
And behaved so erratically that it made me squirm.
Identify the Rhyming scheme in the above stanza
A.
BBCC
B.
BCBC
C.
BBBC
D.
None of the above
ANSWER :
A. BBCC
17.
Then my computer caught a virus, and fell very sick,
So I had to call in a doctor, double quick.
As the doctor examined my computer, I just had to say,
‘Doctor, do you think my tired computer wants a holiday?’
Identify the Rhyming scheme in the above stanza
A.
BBBC
B.
BCBC
C.
BBCC
D.
None of the above
ANSWER :
C. BBCC
18.
‘Doctor, do you think my tired computer wants a holiday?’
Identify the figure of speech in the line
A.
Onomatopoeia
B.
Rhetorical Question
C.
Similie
D.
Synecdoche
ANSWER :
B. Rhetorical Question