Figures of Speech-Sea Fever TNPSC Group 2 2A Questions

Figures of Speech-Sea Fever MCQ Questions

7.
Identify the figure of speech in
"And the flung spray and the blown spume, and the sea-gulls crying":
A.
Metaphor
B.
Alliteration
C.
Personification
D.
Hyperbole
ANSWER :
B. Alliteration
8.
What figure of speech is used in
"where the wind’s like a whetted knife":
A.
Simile
B.
Personification
C.
Hyperbole
D.
Metaphor
ANSWER :
A. Simile
9.
Identify the figure of speech in
"And quiet sleep and a sweet dream when the long trick’s over":
A.
Personification
B.
Alliteration
C.
Hyperbole
D.
Oxymoron
ANSWER :
B. Alliteration
10.
What figure of speech is used in
"the wheel’s kick and the wind’s song and the white sail’s shaking":
A.
Simile
B.
Alliteration
C.
Metaphor
D.
Personification
ANSWER :
D. Personification
11.
I must go down to the seas again, to the lonely sea and the sky,
And all I ask is a tall ship and a star to steer her by;
And the wheel’s kick and the wind’s song and the white sail’s shaking,
And a grey mist on the sea’s face, and a grey dawn breaking.
Find the rhyming scheme of the above stanza
A.
AABB
B.
ABBB
C.
ABAB
D.
None of the above
ANSWER :
A. AABB
12.
Find the rhyming word of "Shaking"
A.
Star
B.
Breaking
C.
Song
D.
None of the above
ANSWER :
B. Breaking