CUET English - 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?" | PYQs + Solutions

CUET English 2026 29th May Shift 2

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Metaphor

Enjambment

Personification

Synecdoche

✅ Correct Option: 3

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21st May Shift 1

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.

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21st May Shift 1

Which of the following figures of speech is used in the following sentence?

It is an open secret that the administration is planning to promote Mr. Vinod as the General Manager.

11th May Shift 1

Match the Figures of speech given in List-I with their examples in List-II

	LIST-II (Examples)
I.	Dearth dwells in every nook and cranny of the slums.
II.	The fair, funny, fragile looking waif.
III.	Malicious words are like bullets that tear through you.
IV.	The husband's cruel desertion broke her heart into smithereens.

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CUET English 2026 29th May Shift 2 PYQs