Literary Devices | MCQs

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"Hold fast to dreams" means to cling firmly to your goals and hopes in life.

It encourages staying committed to dreams, as they give life purpose and direction.

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Alliteration is a literary device in which words that start with the same sound or letter are repeated in close proximity to each other, typically in a phrase or sentence.

Examples include "sweet silver slippers" or "fluffy friendly felines".

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Personification gives human characteristics to non-human things.

In the line "And the garden is changing its clothes," the garden is described as if it can change clothes, which is a human action.

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Alliteration is the repetition of the same consonant sound at the beginning of closely connected words.

In this sentence, the ‘s’ sound is repeated in “she,” “sells,” “seashells,” and “seashore.”

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A simile is a figure of speech that directly compares two different things using words like “like” or “as.”

Example: "She is as brave as a lion." — compares bravery to a lion using "as".

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Personification gives human actions to non-human things — here, the story is described as if it could jump.

Non-living things like a story cannot physically jump, which makes this an example of personification.

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The line "Lord, in the morning I start each day" is the opening of the poem "Thank You, Lord".

It is a devotional poem expressing gratitude to God at the start of the day.

E.E. Cummings, an American poet is the writer of Thank You, Lord.

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A pipe dream is a hope or plan that you have which you know will never really happen.

You could waste your whole life on a pipe-dream.