Friday 18 December 2020

Grammar Questions: FIGURES OF SPEECH



PART 1

1.You were as brave as a lion.
2. Claire, close your cluttered (cover or fill (something) with an untidy collection of things) closet (a tall cupboard or wardrobe with a door, used for storage).
3. The big bad bear bored the baby bunnies ( a child's term for a rabbit) by the bushes.
4. Shut the shutters before the shouting makes you shudder.
5. Go and gather the green leaves on the grass.
6. Please put away your paints and practise the piano.
7. The classroom was a zoo.
8. The alligator's teeth are white daggers.
9. My teacher is a dragon.
10. Rachel ran right until she realized she was running round and round.
11. I had to hurry home where grandma was waiting for her waffles. (lengthy but vague or trivial talks or writings)
12. The boy buzzed around as busy as a bee.
13. Garry grumpily (irritable, surly, bad tempered) gathered the garbage.
14. Those lazy lizards are lying like lumps in the leaves.
15. Paula planted the pretty pink poppies (a herbaceous plant with showy flowers, milky sap, and rounded seed capsules) in the pot.
16. Kim came to help us cut out a colourful kite for Chris.
17. Bake a big cake with lots of butter and bring it to the birthday bash.
18. Paula's prancing (उछल-कूद) pony out-performed all the others.
19. Little Larry likes licking the sticky lollipop.
20. Into the room came she when I was sleeping.
21. Behind me cries a child.
22. Over the table hangs a painting.
23. Mary's eyes were fireflies.
24. The computers at school are old dinosaurs.
25. He is a night owl.
26. Better to reign in Hell, than serve in Heav'n. 
27. Rarely do we see gypsies.
28. Give every man thy ear, but few thy voice.
29. The wind was a howling (गरजना
howl, growl, roll, roar, thunder, peal) wolf.
30. The ballerina (नाचने वाली/ नर्तकी) was a swan, gliding (फिसलना slide, slip, glissade) across the stage.
31. To err is human; to forgive divine. 
32. Jamal was a pig at dinner.
33. In no way should we accept their offer.
34. Maria is a chicken.
35. Never has he felt so embarrassed.
36. The stormy ocean was a raging (angry) bull.
37. The thunder was a mighty lion.
38. Many are called, but few are chosen.
39. My alarm yelled at me this morning.
40. The kids were monkeys on the jungle gym.
41. My dad is a water melon.
42. I like onions, but they don’t like me.
43. Little did they know about me
44. The sign on the door insulted my intelligence.
45. One small step for a man, one giant leap for all mankind.
46. My phone is not cooperating with me today.
47. That bus is driving too fast.
48. My computer works very hard.
49. Hardly ever do they talk to each other.
50. However, the mail is running unusually slow this week.
51. I wanted to get money, but the ATM died.
52. This article says that spinach is good for you.
53. Unfortunately, when she stepped on the Lego, (a construction toy consisting of interlocking plastic building blocks) her foot cried.
54. The sunflowers hung their heads.
55. In addition, the storm trampled the town.
56. Speech is silver, but Silence is Gold.
57. That door jumped in my way.
58. You’re easy on the eyes, Hard on the heart.
59. Brutus: Not that I loved Caesar less, but that I loved Rome more. 
60. Patience is bitter, but it has a sweet fruit.
61. folks who have no vices have very few virtues. 
62. My alarm yelled at me this morning.
63. I can’t get my calendar to work for me.
64. This advertisement speaks to me.
65. Fear gripped the patient waiting for a diagnosis.
66. The cupboard groans when you open it.
67. Can you see that star winking at you.
68. Books reach out to kids.
69. They fought like lions.
70. He is as funny as a barrel of monkeys.
71. This house is as clean as a whistle.
72. He is as strong as an ox.
73. Your explanation is as clear as mud.
74. Watching the show was like watching grass grow.
75. She is a peacock.

                              PART 2

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Copyright: Shankar D Mishra 18.12.20

2 comments:

  1. 1.You were as brave as a lion.- simile (because here he is compared to lion )|
    2.Claire, close your cluttered closet - Alliteration (because here Claire, close cluttered cl cl cl is sweetly repeated

    3.The big bad bear bored the baby bunnies by the bushes. - Alliteration ( because here big bad bear bored baby bunnies B B B B B B is sweetly repeated

    4. Shut the shutters before the shouting makes you shudder.(Alliteration and Personification because here s,s,s is sweetly repeated and shouting can not be
    shudder

    5. Go and gather the green leaves on the grass.- (Claimax , Alliteration because go and then gather and alliteration because g g g is sweetly
    repeated claimax because go then gather comes .

    6. Please put away your paints and practise the piano. - ( Claimax , Alliteration please put away is a climax because it is written in a way
    it is alliteration p p p sweetly .

    7. The classroom was a zoo. - ( Metaphor here classroom in indirectly compared to the zoo)

    8 . The alligator's teeth are white daggers. -(Metaphor here alligators teeth is indirectly compared to white daggers )

    9 My teacher is a dragon - (Metaphor because here teacher is indirectly compared to dragon )

    10. Rachel ran right until she realized she was running round and round. - ( Aliteration , claimax , repetitio)

    11.I had to hurry home where grandma was waiting for her waffles. – (Alteration because here had hurry home is repeated sweetly , claimax because
    had hurry home is repeated in secuence , repitation )

    12. The boy buzzed around as busy as a bee. ( Aliteration because boy buzzed busy bee these words are sweetly reapeted . claimax - )'

    13. Garry grumpily gathered the garbage. -( aliteration )

    14. Those lazy lizards are lying like lumps in the leaves. - (ALiteration , Simile , personification )

    15 . Paula planted t
    he pretty pink poppies in the pot.-( Aliteration because paula , planted , preety , pink , poppies, pot these words are
    sweetly reapeted )

    16. Kim came to help us cut out a colourful kite for Chris.- ( Alitration )

    17 Bake a big cake with lots of butter and bring it to the birthday bash. - ( Allitration , internal Rhyme )

    18 . Paula's prancing (उछल-कूद) pony out-performed all the others. - ( Alliteration ,Personification )

    19 . Little Larry likes licking the sticky lollipop. - (Alliteration )

    20. Into the room came she when I was sleeping. - ( inversion She came into the room when i was sleeping )

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  2. 21. Behind me cries a child.-( Inversion - )(A chaild cries behind me )

    22. Over the table hangs a painting. - ( inversion )

    23. Mary's eyes were fireflies. ( metaphor)

    24.The computers at school are old dinosaurs.(metaphor)

    25. He is a night owl. ( metaphor )

    26. Better to reign in Hell, than serve in Heav'n. -(Antithesis (reign and serve ) , hell and heaven )
    (anticlaimax (hell and heven ) Alliteration Sound

    27. Rarely do we see gypsies.-(Inversion )

    28. Give every man thy ear, but few thy voice.-(repitation , Antithethis )

    29. The wind was a howling (गरजना
    howl, growl, roll, roar, thunder, peal) wolf.-(Personification )

    30 . The ballerina (नाचने वाली/ नर्तकी) was a swan, gliding (फिसलना slide, slip, glissade) across the stage.-(metaphor)

    31. To err is human; to forgive divine. ( Antithethis (err, forgive) claimax ( hamans , divine )

    32 . Jamal was a pig at dinner. - (metaphor )

    33. In no way should we accept their offer. ( Inversion (we should in no way accept their offer )

    34. Maria is a chicken.- ( Metaphor because here maria is indirectly commpared to chicken )

    35 . Never has he felt so embarrassed. (Inversion-He never has felt so embarrased )

    36 . The stormy ocean was a raging (angry) bull. - (metaphor - The ocean in inndirectly commpared to bull )

    37 . The thunder was a mighty lion. ( Metaphor - here thunder is inndirectly compared to lion)

    38.Many are called, but few are chosen. - ( Antithetheis , claimax , repitation )

    39. My alarm yelled at me this morning. ( Personification )

    40. The kids were monkeys on the jungle gym. ( Metaphor )

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