Literary Devices

Easy

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

The daffodils bade the fly goodbye.

Personification

Metaphor

Transferred Epithet

Metonymy

✅ Correct Option: 1

Daffodils, which are non-human, are given the human action of bidding goodbye. Attributing human behaviour to non-human things is personification.

2023: 15 June Shift 3

Learning Queen's English is described using a metaphor which is :

2023: 7 June Shift 1

The phrase 'weary road' is an example of :

2022: 23 Aug Shift 1

Identify the figure of speech in the sentence given below :

"The righteous shall flourish as the palm tree"

2022: 20 Aug Shift 1

Select the Figure of Speech in the following sentence from options given below:

O death! Where is thy sting?

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 mountains sang in prayer	I. ALLITERATION
B. The cute baby was like a doll	II. PERSONIFICATION
C. The dictator dared David to play the drums	III. SIMILE
D. Our monitor is a witty fool	IV. OXYMORON

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

2026: 11 May Shift 1

Match the expressions given in List I with the appropriate figures of speech given in List II :

	LIST-I (Phrases)		LIST-II (Figures of speech)
A.	Her voice crowds up and down the lawn	I.	Alliteration
B.	He makes no friend, who never made a foe.	II.	Personification
C.	Singing in summer in full-throated ease	III.	Hyperbole
D.	Winter laid its icy hands over the city.	IV.	Epigram

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

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