Poem 1 My Mother at Sixty-six
Poem 1 My Mother at Sixty-six
Grammar
Figures of Speech
Choose the Figures of Speech in the following lines:
1.‘…….. her face ashen like that of a corpse ……..’
A. Metaphor
B. Exaggeration
C. Simile
D. Personification
Answer:
C. Simile
2.‘…….that she was as old as she looked…….’
A. Repetition
B. Comparison
C. Simile
D. Both ‘A’ and ‘B’
Answer:
D. Both ‘A’ and ‘B’
3.‘Trees sprinting, the merry children spilling’.
A. Internal Rhyme
B. Personification
C. Metaphor
D. Both ‘A’ and ‘B’
Answer:
D. Both ‘A’ and ‘B’
4.‘……..wan, pale as a date winter’s moon………’
A. Simile
B. Personification
C. Exaggeration
D. Synecdoche
Answer:
A. Simile
5.‘…………………….. but all I said was, see you soon, Amma’
A. Apostrophe
B. Alliteration
C. Internal Rhyme
D. Both ‘A’ and ‘B’
Answer:
B. Alliteration
6.‘………….all I did was smile and smile and smile …………………..’
A. Alliteration
B. Repetition
C. Internal Rhyme
D. Both ‘A’ and ‘B’
Answer:
D. Both ‘A’ and ‘B’
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