Literary Devices

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Select the correct figure of speech used in the following sentence from the options given below:-

She accepted it as a kind cruelty of the surgical knife.

assonance

oxymoron

onomatopoeia

metonymy

✅ Correct Option: 2

'Kind cruelty' joins two contradictory terms in a single phrase, which is the defining feature of an oxymoron. Assonance repeats vowel sounds, onomatopoeia imitates sounds, and metonymy substitutes an associated term, none of which describe this pairing.

2026: 12 May Shift 1

The phrase "as though the building itself had given up on order" is an example of:

2026: 30 May Shift 2

Choose the most appropriate figures of speech from List-I for the lines given in List-II :-

List-I (Figures of speech)	List-II (Sentence)
(A) Alliteration	(I) Of beechen green, and shadows numberless
(B) Metaphor	(II) O Hamlet ! thou hast cleft my heart in twain.
(C) Imagery	(III) The fair breeze blew, the white foam flew
(D) Hyperbole	(IV) The camel is the ship of the desert.

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 the expression:

Of all the thousand selfish cars that pass

(1) Personification

(2) Simile

(3) Oxymoron

(4) Pun

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.

2022: 23 Aug Shift 1

Identify the figure of speech used in the given sentence :

"Life is a dream"

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 donkey sang like a star	I. SIMILE
B. The stone smiled at me	II. PERSONIFICATION
C. The lion listened longingly	III. ALLITERATION
D. The Rose of the class	IV. METAPHOR

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Select the correct figure of speech used in the following sentence from the options given below:- She accepted it as a kind cruelty of the surgical knife.

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Select the correct figure of speech used in the following sentence from the options given below:-

She accepted it as a kind cruelty of the surgical knife.