Literary Devices

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Which one of the following sentences is an example of Apostrophe?

Man proposes, God disposes.

Such an innocent arch, so cunningly simple.

He has fallen asleep.

Milton! Thou should'st be living at this hour.

✅ Correct Option: 4

Apostrophe is a direct address to an absent or dead person or an abstract idea. Milton! Thou should'st be living at this hour addresses the dead poet Milton directly, making option 4 the example. The others show antithesis-like contrast, description, and euphemism respectively.

2026: 13 May Shift 1

Read the given lines carefully and choose the option that correctly identifies the figure of speech used:-

Death, be not proud, though some have called thee

Mighty and dreadful, for thou are not so

2026: 18 May Shift 2

Match the words in LIST-I with the most appropriate examples given in LIST-II

	LIST-I Figure of speech		LIST-II Sentence
A.	Metonymy	I.	Turns out, they are taking turns and toiling away!
B.	Alliteration	II.	You are as wise as an owl.
C.	Simile	III.	You can now address the chair.
D.	Personification	IV.	Unfortunately, death has laid his hands on the king.

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

2026: 6 June Shift 1

Identify the figure of speech used in the following lines:-

'The house was crouching on its elbows then,'

Choose the appropriate option from the ones given below:-

2026: 24 May Shift 1

Choose the correct Figure of Speech used in the sentence from the given options.

I don't believe you; your explanation is a fairy tale.

2026: 23 May Shift 2

Match the sentences given in List-I with a similar usage of figures of speech in sentences given in List-II

LIST-I		LIST-II
A.	Rays of the sunlight danced through the trees.	I.	He was a lion in the battlefield
B.	You are the apple of my eye.	II.	He hummed a beautiful hymn.
C.	She could handle ten thousand tasks in a jiffy	III.	Earth is a kind being.
D.	Betty bought some butter.	IV.	He ran faster than lightning.

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

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 :

Which one of the following sentences is an example of Apostrophe?

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