Direction: Identify the figures of speech:
The heart of a fool is in his mouth, but the mouth of a wise man is in his heart.
Important Questions on Vocabulary
The wolf cried out to the hound, "A thought has just come into my head."
Choose the correct figure of speech in the following sentence:
Her mother too upon this occasion felt a pleasing distress.
Improve the bracketed part of each sentence.
Shashank appealed to the judge (for his release) from jail.
"I loved Ophelia: forty thousand brothers could not, with all their quantity of love make up my sum."
The phrase 'forty thousand brothers' illustrates a figure of speech called:
'O my love is red, red, rose'
The above line is an example of:
Directions: In the following question, a part of the sentence is underlined. Alternatives to the underlined part are given in the options, which may improve the sentence. Choose the correct alternative. In case no improvement is needed, select 'No improvement' as your answer.
The red and the white rose looks beautiful.
The quality of mercy is not strained. It droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven.
Point out the figure of speech in the above lines:
Directions: Choose the correct figure of speech in the following sentence:
Death lays his icy hand on kings.
Directions: In the question given below, a sentence with a blank is given. Choose the alternative that completes the sentence grammatically and contextually.
Losing a child is most people's worst _____.
Which figure of speech is present in the following statement?
Rahul has become a grey hair.
