Answers, Quiz no. 815

Point out the figures of speech in the following sentences::

Options= a. Apostrophe/ b. Metaphor/ c. Personification/ d. Simile/ e. Onomatopoeia / f. Hyperbole/ g. Oxymoron

1. As shines the moon in the clouded sky, she in her poor attire was seen. = Simile

2. A lie has no legs. = Personification

3. As many farewells as there be stars in heaven. = Hyperbole

4. Authority forgets a dying king. = Personification

5. All the perfumes of Arabia will not sweeten this little hand. = Hyperbole

6. And having nothing he hath all. = Oxymoron

7. And out of joy His heart jumped miles high. = Hyperbole

8. Authority forgets a dying king. = Personification

9. Anxiety is sitting on her face. = Personification

10. Belinda smiled and all the world was gay. = Hyperbole

11. The race-car driver revved his engine. = Onomatopoeia

12. Death lays his icy hands even on kings. = Personification

13. Errors, like straws, upon the surface flow. = Simile

14. Expanding like the petals of young flowers I watch the gentle opening of your minds. = Simile

15. Frailty! Thy name is woman. = Apostrophe

16. Time flies when you're having fun. = Personification

17. Her mother too, upon this occasion felt a pleasing distress. = Oxymoron

18. He is the star of the family/ He is the pillar of administration. = Metaphor

19. Hope is the poor man’s bread. = Metaphor

20. He is idly busy nowadays. = Oxymoron

21. It droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven. = Simile

22. I chatter, chatter, as I flow to join the brimming river. = Onomatopoeia

23. I hear lake water lapping. = Onomatopoeia

24. I was known as the wisest fool of Christendom. = Oxymoron

25. Life is a tale told by an idiot. = Metaphor

26. Life is as tedious as a twice told tale. = Simile

27. Life is but a walking shadow. = Personification

28. Let not ambition mock their useful toil. = Personification

29. Kalidas is the Shakespeare of India. = Metaphor

30. Life is bitter sweet. = Oxymoron

31. Life is a dream. = Metaphor

32. Love is the spice of life. = Metaphor

33. Life is like a dream. = Simile

34. Love is blind. = Personification

35. Like a huge python winding round and round. = Simile

36. Look like innocent flower. = Simile

37. Milton ! Thou should be living at this hour. = Apostrophe

38. My love is like a red rose. = Simile

39. My friend is regularly irregular. = Oxymoron

40. She is like a flower. = Simile

Figures of speech:

1.Simile – A figure of speech that compares two unlike things using “like” or “as”. | उपमा अलंकार – जिसमें “like” या “as” का प्रयोग करके दो भिन्न वस्तुओं की तुलना की जाती है। | Examples: He is as brave as a lion, She sings like a nightingale, The baby slept like a log, Her face shone like the moon, Life is like a journey.

2.Metaphor – A figure of speech that directly compares two unlike things without using “like” or “as”. | रूपक अलंकार – जिसमें “like” या “as” का प्रयोग किए बिना दो भिन्न वस्तुओं की सीधी तुलना की जाती है। | Examples: Time is money, The world is a stage, He has a heart of stone, Books are our best friends, Her voice is music to my ears.

3.Hyperbole – A figure of speech that uses exaggeration for emphasis or effect. | अतिशयोक्ति अलंकार – जिसमें प्रभाव उत्पन्न करने के लिए बढ़ा-चढ़ाकर बात कही जाती है। | Examples: I have told you a million times, He runs faster than the wind, She cried a river of tears, This bag weighs a ton, I am so hungry I could eat a horse.

4.Apostrophe – A figure of speech in which an absent person, a dead person, or a non-living thing is addressed directly. | संबोधन अलंकार – जिसमें किसी अनुपस्थित व्यक्ति, मृत व्यक्ति या निर्जीव वस्तु को सीधे संबोधित किया जाता है। | Examples: O Death! where is thy sting?, Twinkle, twinkle, little star, how I wonder what you are!, O Nature! please heal me, O God! save us, O Moon! guide the traveller.

5.Personification – A figure of speech in which human qualities are given to animals or non-living things. | मानवीकरण अलंकार – जिसमें निर्जीव वस्तुओं या पशुओं को मानव गुण दिए जाते हैं। | Examples: The wind whispered softly, The stars danced in the sky, Time flies quickly, The flowers smiled at us, Opportunity knocked at the door.

6.Onomatopoeia – A figure of speech in which words imitate natural sounds. | ध्वन्यात्मक अलंकार – जिसमें शब्द प्राकृतिक ध्वनियों की नकल करते हैं। | Examples: Bees buzzed around the hive, The clock ticked loudly, The snake hissed angrily, Water splashed on the floor, The thunder boomed in the sky.

7.Oxymoron – A figure of speech in which two opposite words are used together. | विरोधाभास अलंकार – जिसमें दो विपरीत अर्थ वाले शब्द साथ में प्रयुक्त होते हैं। | Examples: Bitter sweet, Deafening silence, Open secret, Living dead, Clearly confused.