Literary Devices

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Match the expressions given in List-I with the correct figures of speech they illustrate given in List-II

List-I List-II
(A) Visible darkness (I) simile
(B) She is the star of our family (II) metaphor
(C) I spent a sleepless night. (III) oxymoron
(D) That baby boy is like a teddy bear. (IV) transferred epithet

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

List-I	List-II
(A) Visible darkness	(I) simile
(B) She is the star of our family	(II) metaphor
(C) I spent a sleepless night.	(III) oxymoron
(D) That baby boy is like a teddy bear.	(IV) transferred epithet

(A) - (III), (B) - (II), (C) - (IV), (D) - (I)

(A) - (I), (B) - (II), (C) - (III), (D) - (IV)

(A) - (I), (B) - (II), (C) - (IV), (D) - (III)

(A) - (III), (B) - (IV), (C) - (I), (D) - (II)

✅ Correct Option: 1

'Visible darkness' joins contradictory ideas - oxymoron (III). 'She is the star of our family' is a direct implied comparison - metaphor (II). 'Sleepless night' transfers the person's state to the night - transferred epithet (IV). 'Like a teddy bear' uses 'like' - simile (I). So A-III, B-II, C-IV, D-I.

2022: 4 Aug Shift 1

Match the Expression given in List I with Figure of Speech given in List II

List I (Expression)	List II (Figure of Speech)
A. The chocolate tasted like nectar	I. METAPHOR
B. The dark light was scary	II. OXYMORON
C. Going great guns	III. ALLITERATION
D. Young Major is the sunshine of the brigade	IV. SIMILE

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

2022: 26 Aug Shift 1

From the given options select the figure of speech (Poetic Device) used in the expression:

Beauty is a fading flower

2022: 4 Aug Shift 1

Match the Expression given in List I with Figure of Speech given in List II

List I (Expression)	List II (Figure of Speech)
A. Smitha is calm like the moon	I. SIMILE
B. The camel is the ship of the desert	II. METAPHOR
C. Seema smells of shampoo on sunny Sundays	III. ALLITERATION
D. The dancing tree rejoiced in the rain	IV. PERSONIFICATION

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

2022: 17 Aug Shift 2

From the given options, select the figure of speech (poetic device) used in expression:

The stagnant ocean was like a blue film

(1) Personification

(2) Simile

(3) Oxymoron

(4) Pun

2022: 16 Sep Shift 1

From the given options, select the Figure of Speech (Poetic Device) used in the expression:

"Matthew met Michael at the mayor's moor"

2026: 29 May Shift 2

Choose the option that correctly identifies the figure of speech used in the following lines:

"Busy old fool, unruly sun,

Why dost thou thus,

Through windows and through curtains call on us?"

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