Figures of Speech-The Secret of the Machine TNPSC Group 2 2A Questions

General English Part-B Poetry

Figures of Speech-The Secret of the Machine MCQ Questions


1.
"We were taken from the ore-bed and the mine,
We were melted in the furnace and the pit"
The figure of speech used in the above line is ?
A.
Apostrophe
B.
Anaphora
C.
Personification
D.
Metaphor
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ANSWER :
B. Anaphora
2.
"Some water, coal, and oil is all we ask,!"
The figure of speech used in the above line is ?
A.
Assonance
B.
Anaphora
C.
Similie
D.
Metaphor
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ANSWER :
A. Assonance
3.
We will serve you four and twenty hours a day!
The figure of speech used in the above line is ?
A.
Alliteration
B.
Repetition
C.
Hyperbole
D.
Personification
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ANSWER :
C. Hyperbole
4.
And a thousandth of an inch to give us play:
And now, if you will set us to our task,
The figure of speech used in the above line is ?
A.
Anaphora
B.
Similie
C.
Personification
D.
Hyperbole
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ANSWER :
A. Anaphora
5.
Which figure of speech is evident in
We can pull and haul and push and lift and drive,
A.
Rhymes
B.
Oxymoron
C.
Internal Rhymes
D.
Similie
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ANSWER :
B. Oxymoron
6.
Mention the Rhyming scheme given in the Below phrase
Some water, coal, and oil is all we ask,
And a thousandth of an inch to give us play:
And now, if you will set us to our task,
We will serve you four and twenty hours a day!
A.
ab ba
B.
aa bb
C.
ab ab
D.
ac bc
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ANSWER :
C. ab ab