AR's Test 1: Figure Of Speeches (For SSC)

1. Which figure of speech involves the repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words?

2. In "Where the Mind is Without Fear," which figure of speech is used in the phrase "clear stream of reason"?

3. Which figure of speech is found in "tireless striving stretches its arms towards perfection"?

4. What figure of speech is exemplified by the phrase "Sighing like a furnace" from "All the World's a Stage"?

5. In "Animals" by Walt Whitman, which figure of speech is used when the speaker asks, "Did I pass that way huge times ago and negligently drop them?"

6. The phrase "parting with his poison" in "Night of the Scorpion" is an example of which figure of speech?

7. In "The Will to Win," what figure of speech is used in the line "strength and sagacity"?

8. "A thing of beauty is a joy forever" is an example of which figure of speech?

9. In "The Height of the Ridiculous," the phrase "He burst five buttons off" is an example of which figure of speech?

10. What figure of speech is exemplified by the line "Thank God the scorpion picked on me and spared my children" from "Night of the Scorpion"?