Question

1. ‘You are the salt of the earth’ illustrates a?
a. personification b. metaphor c. hyperbole d. irony
2. ‘ He held his head high’ . The dominant literary device in this statement is
a. alliteration b. onomatopoeia c. synecdoche d. euphemism
3. The president’s administration contained the best brains in the country. What device is used here?
a. personification b. apostrophe c. synecdoche d. litotes
4. “Farewell, fair cruelty” is an example of
a. personification b. apostrophe c. allusion d. metaphor
5. A work of art which aims at exposing the ills of a society is called
a. folktale b. caricature c. satire d. melodrama
6. “For my yoke is easy and my burden light” illustrates the use of
a. bathos b. paradox c. euphemism d. irony
7. “One man with a head shaven clean as potato//Whispered to the rising sun//,A red eye wiped by a tattered Handkerchief of clouds” The figures of speech employed in the lines above are
a. metaphor and onomatopoeia b. metaphor and simile c. simile and metonymy d. personification and onomatopoeia.

Answer 1

Answer:

1. b
2. a
3. a (not sure)
4. a
5. don't know
6. don't know
7. c

Explanation:

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