MCQ Quiz on Figures of Speech : The Night Mail

Identify the figure of speech in the line: "Shoveling white steam over her shoulder"

• Metonymy

• Anaphora

• Simile

• Personification

“The furnace set on the dark plain like gigantic chessmen” is an example of:

• Simile

• Consonance

• Assonance

• Alliteration

What figure of speech does ‘Scotland’ stand for in “ All Scotland waits for her” ?

• Alliteration

• Metonymy

• Assonance

• Simile

In the line: "The gradient's against her, but she's on time," the train is described using human characteristics. This is an example of:

• Symbolism

• Metonymy

• Personification

• Alliteration

Which figure of speech is present in the following line? "For who can bear to feel himself forgotten?"

• Symbolism

• Rhetorical Question

• Metonymy

• Simile

The repeated "i" sound in the line: "Snorting noisily as she passes" is an example of:

• Assonance

• Consonance

• Symbolism

• Alliteration

In the line: "Letters for the rich, letters for the poor," which figure of speech is used?

• Simile

• Metonymy

• Onomatopoeia

• Symbolism

What figure of speech is at play in the line: "Letters of thanks, letters from banks"

• Onomatopoeia

• Anaphora

• Symbolism

• Personification

“ All Scotland waits for her “ shows that the Night Mail brings hope. Which Rhetorical Device is used here?

• Assonance

• Consonance

• Metonymy

• Symbolism

Which figure of speech is used in the phrase: "Snorting noisily as she passes”

• Anaphora

• Alliteration

• Simile

• Onomatopoeia