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

Figures of Speech-The Secret of the Machine MCQ Questions

13.
We can pull and haul and push and lift and drive,
We can print and plough and weave and heat and light,
We can run and race and swim and fly and dive,
We can see and hear and count and read and write!
Mention the Rhyming scheme given in the above phrase
A.
abab
B.
abbc
C.
aaab
D.
bbba
ANSWER :
A. abab
14.
Mention the figure of speech in the Below sentence
We are not built to comprehend a lie,
We can neither love nor pity nor forgive.
A.
Similie
B.
Metaphor
C.
Oxymoron
D.
Anaphora
ANSWER :
D. Anaphora
15.
But remember, please, the Law by which we live,
We are not built to comprehend a lie,
We can neither love nor pity nor forgive.
If you make a slip in handling us you die!
Mention the Rhyming scheme given in the above phrase
A.
aabc
B.
aabb
C.
abba
D.
abab
ANSWER :
D. abab
16.
Which word rhymes with "drills"?
A.
fills
B.
dynamite
C.
things
D.
forgive
ANSWER :
A. fills
17.
smoke may hide the Heavens from your eyes- Find Figure of speech
A.
Personification
B.
Hyperbole
C.
Oxymoron
D.
Assonance
ANSWER :
B. Hyperbole
18.
We can neither love nor pity nor forgive
Mention the figure of speech in the above line
A.
Personification
B.
Rhyming word
C.
Oxymoron
D.
Onomatopoeia
ANSWER :
A. Personification