MCQ Subject: English Language & Comprehension

Which literary device is employed when saying ‘The White House announced a new policy’, where a part of an entity symbolizes the whole?

Identify the figure of speech in the phrase ‘The pen is mightier than the sword’, where ‘pen’ and ‘sword’ represent broader concepts rather than literal objects.

Identify the figure of speech in the sentence: ‘The host described the event as thoroughly casual, yet meticulously planned.’

Which literary device is employed in the sentence, “The sun smiled down upon us, warming our faces”?

Which literary device is used when comparing two unlike things using ‘like’ or ‘as’?

Identify the literary device in the phrase ‘Her voice was honey’.

Identify the tone of the statement: ‘The new policy, touted as revolutionary, has managed to inconvenience almost every citizen without solving the problem it aimed to address.’

Which literary device is primarily employed in the sentence: ‘The buzz of the bee, the chirp of the bird, and the breeze through the trees all harmonized’?

Identify the figure of speech in the phrase ‘He’s a shining light in the company’:

The phrase ‘bite off more than you can chew’ means: