Q.2 (C) Select the correct Figure of Speech from the options. [2 Marks]
2. If there is nothing on the tree
a) Litotes b) Metaphor c) Alliteration d) Apostrophe
Answers
Answer:
Apostrophe
Explanation:
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Q.2 (C) The given line is from a poem.
Option A: A 'simile' is 'a figure of speech involving the comparison of one thing with another thing of a different kind, used to make a description more emphatic or vivid'. We usually use the words 'like' and 'as' in a simile, to make a comparison.
In the given sentence, the words 'like pearls' is a simile, as it contains the word 'like'. Something is being compared with 'pearls', but that thing is not mentioned here. (Perhaps it has been mentioned in a previous line of the poem.)
Hence, option A is correct.
Option B: An oxymoron is a figure of speech that uses contradictory terms together, to form a paradox. For example, 'perfectly imperfect'.
Option C: Personification is a figure of speech where inanimate objects are brought to lie. They are given human qualities as if they are alive: 'the trees wept at every blow and hack'.
Option D: 'Hyperbole' is an exaggerated statement or claim not meant to be taken literally: 'she tore her hair in despair'.
These expressions are not seen in the given line. Hence, options B, C and D are wrong.
Figure of speech, any intentional deviation from literal statement or common usage that emphasizes, clarifies, or embellishes both written and spoken language. Forming an integral part of language, figures of speech are found in oral literatures as well as in polished poetry and prose and in everyday speech. Greeting-card rhymes, advertising slogans, newspaper headlines, the captions of cartoons, and the mottoes of families and institutions often use figures of speech, generally for humorous, mnemonic, or eye-catching purposes. The argots of sports, jazz, business, politics, or any specialized groups abound in figurative language.
Answer is Apostrophe.