Tag: metaphor

Questions Related to metaphor

Identify the figure of speech in the following sentence:

The road to success is usually a difficult and dangerous road to take.

  1. Personification

  2. Simile

  3. Metaphor

  4. Synecdoche


Correct Option: C
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 path to success has been compared to a long and dangerous road upon one must travel, 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.

Identify the figure of speech in the following sentence:

The teacher went to the zoo with an army of children.

  1. Metaphor

  2. Simile

  3. Personification

  4. Irony


Correct Option: A
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 children have been compared to an army due to the large number of children, which cannot be literally true. Thus, the correct answer is Option A) - Metaphor. All the remaining options are also literary devices, but they have not been used in the given sentence.

Identify the figure of speech in the following sentence:

His proposal to the problem was just a bandage and not a solution.

  1. Metaphor

  2. Simile

  3. Personification

  4. Irony


Correct Option: A
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 proposal is compared to a bandage as, like a bandage, the solution is only temporary and cannot last, which cannot be literally true. Thus, the correct answer is Option A) - Metaphor. All the remaining options are also literary devices, but they have not been used in the given sentence.