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Figures of Speech

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Q.1) When in a sentence there is repetition of the beginning sound of neighbouring words, it is the use of -----------------------------.

1. Alliteration
2. Repetition
3. Metaphor
4. Simile

Alliteration

Q.2) When in a sentence same words are repeated, it is the use of ------------------------.

1. Alliteration
2. Repetition
3. Metaphor
4. Simile

Repetition

Q.3) When in a sentence non-living (inanimate) things, animals, birds, plants, flowers, ideas etc. are given the human qualities or they are described as human beings, it is the use of ---------------------.

1. Metaphor
2. Simile
3. Personification
4. Apostrophe

Personification

Q.4) When in a sentence a direct comparison is made between two objects of different kinds which have at least one point in common shown using ‘like’ or ‘as’, it is the use of -----------------.

1. Metaphor
2. Simile
3. Personification
4. Apostrophe

Simile

Q.5) When an indirect comparison is made in between two objects of different kinds which have at least one point in common, it is the use of -------------------. Here words ‘like’ and ‘as’ are not used.

1. Metaphor
2. Simile
3. Personification
4. Apostrophe

Apostrophe

Q.6)  When in a sentence a word itself expresses sound, it is the use of------------------.

1. Personification
2. Apostrophe
3. Onomatopoeia
4. Hyperbole

Onomatopoeia

Q.7) When in a sentence words are not in a correct prose order (S + V + O), it is the use of ----------------.

1. Euphemism
2. Paradox
3. Inversion
4. Transferred epithet

Inversion

Q.8) When in a sentence a statement is made emphatic by over-statement or exaggeration, it is the use of---------------------------.

1. Hyperbole
2. Personification
3. Apostrophe
4. Repetition

Hyperbole

Q.9) When in a sentence the opposite words or ideas are used, it is the use of -------------------------.

1. Paradox
2. Antithesis
3. Apostrophe
4. Climax

Antithesis

Q.10) When in a sentence an adjective is transferred from its suitable noun to another noun, it is the use of----------------------------------.

1. Anti- climax
2. Transferred epithet
3. Euphemism
4. Synecdoche

Transferred epithet