Literary Devices

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Identify the examples of the correct use of Metaphor from the following options:-

(A) He is the vulture of the state.

(B) She behaved like a child.

(C) To err is human, to forgive divine.

(D) The waves thundered on the shore

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:-

(A) and (B) only

(B), and (C) only

(A) and (D) only

✅ Correct Option: 4

A metaphor makes a direct, implied comparison without 'like' or 'as'. (A) directly calls him a vulture, and (D) directly gives the waves the thunder's quality. (B) uses 'like', making it a simile, and (C) is an aphorism built on antithesis, not a metaphor. Hence (A) and (D).

2023: 30 May Shift 3

The literary device used by the poet to highlight the number of ailments Peggy Ann Mckay seems to suffer from is :

2026: 11 May Shift 2

Match the figures of speech given in List-I with the expressions listed in List-II

	LIST-I (Figures of speech.)		LIST-II (Expressions)
A.	Personification	I.	"The child was a hurricane of emotions."
B.	Oxymoron	II.	"O Death! Where is thy sting?"
C.	Metaphor	III.	"Death lays its icy hands on Kings."
D.	Apostrophe	IV.	"Parting is such a sweet sorrow"

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

2026: 30 May Shift 2

Choose the most appropriate option to identify the figure of speech in the following lines:-

"The moan of doves in immemorial elms

And murmuring of innumerable bees."

2022: 17 Aug Shift 1

From the given options select the figure of speech or the poetic device used in experssion.

"Both wry with the laboured ease of loss"

2026: 31 May Shift 1

Identify the figure of speech in the following statement from the options given below:

As the waiter brought over our dish, everyone looked at it with curiosity, as it was sizzling loudly.

2026: 21 May Shift 2

Choose the correct figure of speech used in the given sentence:

A bicycle can't stand on its own because it is two tyred.

Identify the examples of the correct use of Metaphor from the following options:- (A) He is the vulture of the state. (B) She behaved like a child. (C) To err is human, to forgive divine. (D) The waves thundered on the shore Choose the correct answer from the options given below:-

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Identify the examples of the correct use of Metaphor from the following options:-

(A) He is the vulture of the state.

(B) She behaved like a child.

(C) To err is human, to forgive divine.

(D) The waves thundered on the shore

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:-