Literary Devices

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Match the figures of speech given in List-I with the sentences given in List-II.

List-I (Figures of speech) List-II (Sentences)
(A) Simile (I) The old house groaned in the wind.
(B) Metaphor (II) Her smile is as bright as the sun.
(C) Personification (III) Sly snakes slither slowly.
(D) Alliteration (IV) The whole world is a stage.

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

List-I (Figures of speech)	List-II (Sentences)
(A) Simile	(I) The old house groaned in the wind.
(B) Metaphor	(II) Her smile is as bright as the sun.
(C) Personification	(III) Sly snakes slither slowly.
(D) Alliteration	(IV) The whole world is a stage.

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

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

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

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

✅ Correct Option: 4

(II) uses 'as bright as', a direct comparison, so it is a simile. (IV) calls the world a stage, an implied comparison, so it is a metaphor. (I) gives a house the human act of groaning, so it is personification. (III) repeats the initial 's' sound, so it is alliteration. Hence (A)-(II), (B)-(IV), (C)-(I), (D)-(III).

2026: 13 May Shift 1

Read the following sentence from the given passage carefully and identify the figure of speech used:-

Both times the machine went into a controlled frenzy, firing off questions, one after another.

2026: 26 May Shift 1

Match the figures of speech given in List-I with the sentences given in List-II:-

List-I (Figure of Speech)	List-II (Sentence)
(A) Simile	(I) Life is a dream.
(B) Metaphor	(II) The righteous shall flourish as the palm tree.
(C) Personification	(III) She has many mouths to feed.
(D) Synecdoche	(IV) Death lays his icy hand on kings.

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:-

2026: 29 May Shift 2

Read the given lines and correctly identify the figure of speech used:

"Will all great Neptune's ocean wash this blood

Clean from my hand? No this my hand will render

The multitudinious seas incarnadine,

Making the green one red.

2026: 25 May Shift 1

Select the correct figure of speech used in the following sentence.

The rustling of the leaves and the gurgling of the streams are the dulcet sounds of nature.

2026: 14 May Shift 1

Identify the correct figure of speech used in the following statement.

The anxious chair creaked in the waiting room.

2026: 19 May Shift 1

Identify the figure of speech used in the given sentence:

There was a deafening silence before the crest of the huge wave broke onto the deck.

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