Literary Devices

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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:

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.

(A) - (III), (B) - (IV), (C) - (II), (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: 4

Alliteration (repeated initial sounds) appears in 'fair breeze blew, white foam flew' (III). Metaphor is 'the camel is the ship of the desert' (IV). Imagery, a visual picture, is 'beechen green, and shadows numberless' (I). Hyperbole, exaggeration, is 'cleft my heart in twain' (II). So (A)-(III), (B)-(IV), (C)-(I), (D)-(II).

2026: 24 May Shift 1

Select the correct Figure of Speech used in the sentence from the given options below:-

Here's the smell of blood still; all the perfumes of Arabia will not sweeten this little hand.

2026: 20 May Shift 2

Choose the expressions which are examples of the figure of speech--Antithesis:

A. To err is human, to forgive divine.

B. He had his jest, and they had his estate.

C. As spice flavours food, so variety makes life more pleasant.

D. Give every man thy ear, but few thy voice.

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

2026: 12 May Shift 2

Match the phrases given in List-I with the figure of speech given in List-II

List-I	List-II
(A) An ambassador is an honest man who lies abroad for the welfare of his country.	(I) Antithesis
(B) Death lays his icy hands on kings	(II) Metaphor
(C) Give every man thy ear, but few thy voice.	(III) Personification
(D) The painter has left his imprints on the sands of time.	(IV) Pun

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

2026: 14 May Shift 1

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

The anxious chair creaked in the waiting room.

2022: 23 Aug Shift 1

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

List I (Expression)	List II (Figure of Speech)
A. He is cunningly simple	I. Exclamation
B. Who is here so vile that will not love his country	II. Oxymoron
C. What a piece of work is man	III. Personification
D. Laughter holding both her sides	IV. Interrogation

Choose the correct answer from the option given below:

2026: 19 May Shift 2

Choose the correct figure of speech used in the following lines:

O mischief, thou art swift

To enter in the thoughts of desperate men.

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