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Identify the most appropriate figure of speech used in the given phrase:

'Little sorrows sit and weep'

Identify the figure of speech used in the following sentence:

Rohini has made all of us so proud with her accomplishments that she is the star of our family in a true sense.

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

'The house was crouching on its elbows then,'

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Identify the Figure of Speech used in the given sentence :-

She was impressed to see shining silver spoons at the serving counter.

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

He has many mouths to feed.

Select the correct figure of speech used in the following sentence:

The more haste, the less speed.

Identify the figure of speech in the following statement from the options given below:

As the waiter brought over our dish, everyone looked at it with curiosity, as it was sizzling loudly.

Choose the sentences that are correct examples of Hyperbole and Oxymoron:

A. The smell of burnt food will not clear out even if we spray all the perfumes from Arabia.

B. There was a defeaning silence in the auditorium.

C. The stage was filled with talented faces.

D. Ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country.

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Choose the most appropriate option to identify the figure of speech in the following lines:-

"The moan of doves in immemorial elms

And murmuring of innumerable bees."

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

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

To err is human, to forgive divine.

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.

Read the given lines and correctly identify the figure of speech used:

"Will all great Neptune's ocean wash this blood

Clean from my hand? No this my hand will render

The multitudinious seas incarnadine,

Making the green one red.

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?"

Match the figures of speech given in List-I with the sentences given in List-II:-

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

Identify the figure of speech in the following sentence from the given options:

'The terror of the situation was a blessing in disguise.'

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

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

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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.

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.

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.

Match the expressions given in List-I with the correct figures of speech given in List-II

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

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Choose the option that does not use personification in the sentence.

1. The sun peeped into his room through the window.
2. The trees danced in the rain adding to the beauty of the moment.
3. The cat stealthily came out from the darkness.
4. The diary begged to be picked up and read.

Choose the correct figure of speech used in the underlined part.

Despite the valiant efforts, Germany lost by two goals.

Choose the correct pair of figures of speech for the given sentence:

The silence screamed louder than any voice in the room.

Choose the correct figure of speech used in the given sentence:

A bicycle can't stand on its own because it is two tyred.

Match the figures of speech given in List-I with the sentences given in List-II.

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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.