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Identify the figure of speech in the given sentence. 

Hark, here comes the tide of man!

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Important Questions on Vocabulary

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In the question given below, a sentence has been given in direct/indirect form. Out of the alternatives suggested, select the one which best expresses the same sentence in indirect/direct form.

The wolf cried out to the hound, "A thought has just come into my head."

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

Death lays his icy hand on kings.

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Point out the figure of speech in the following sentence. 'Here's the smell of the blood still, all the perfumes of Arabia will not sweeten this little hand' :
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Choose from the following alternative the one which can be described as bold over statement or the extravagant exaggeration of fact or possibility:
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Which of the following is an 'Oxymoron'?
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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:

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The direct comparison of two unlike things is:
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Which figure of speech is present in the following statement? 

Rahul has become a grey hair.

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Which of the following is an example of Oxymoron?
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The line 'Like ruined monument on desert plain' is an example of:
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Which poetry term refers to the repetition of same or very similar consonant sounds in words that are chosen together?
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Point out figure of speech in the following sentence:

'And having nothing he hath all.'

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'O my love is red, red, rose'
The above line is an example of:

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When a speaker raises a question and then immediately answers it himself/herself, is known as:
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'I fear and hope, I burn and freeze like ice'. This sentence is an example of:
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Choose the correct figure of speech in the following sentence:

Her mother too upon this occasion felt a pleasing distress.

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Which of the following is an example of simile?
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"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:

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Which of the following means an exaggerated expression?
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Which of the following is an example of simile?