Question

dentify the figures of speech in the following sentences. There can be more than one figure of speech in a

sentence. You are required to identify all.

1. Each one held one of my mother’s hand.

2. Both were wry with the labored ease of less.

3. Sleek as a lizard she entered the thickness.

4. The whole tree trembled and thrilled.

5. The goldfinch showed her barred face identity mask.

6. “I am the poem of the earth”, said the voice of the rain.

7. Altogether changed and yet the same.

8. Where did my childhood go? (Consider the entire poem ‘Childhood’ in the book ‘Hornbill’)

9. They talked of love but did not act so lovingly.

10. I have killed the seed I spent or sown.

II. Which figures of speech have been used in the following sentences:

1. He is a spendthrift miser.

2. I’m so hungry, I could eat a horse.

3. A rich man is no richer than a poor man.

4. Justice bends the arrow at your heart.

5. His wrath towards you burns like fire.

6. Education is your passport to the future.

7. If the river were dry, I would fill I with tears.

8. She is as pretty as a flower.

9. This is a peaceful war.

10. His room was a junk pile.

11. We shall not flag or fail. We shall go on to the end.

12. The Titanic was said to be unsinkable but sank on its first voyage.

13. The silence in the room was deafening.

14. The cobbler said, “I will mend your soul”.

15. The wind danced to the singer’s tune.​

Answer 1

Explanation:

Metaphor' is a literary device / figure of speech in which a word or a phrase is given / applied to an action, object or event where it is not literally applicable. In simpler terms, a metaphor is a comparison that is drawn between two completely unrelated things. In this case, the crab is compared to a pair of scissors due to its motion through the sand, which cannot be literally true. Thus, the correct answer is Option C) - Metaphor. All the remaining options are also literary devices, but they have not been used in the given sentence