Gce Model Questions Vol1 2020 English Language Question 41

Practice objective / multiple choice question 41 from the 2020 Gce Model Questions Vol1 English Language examination.

Gce Model Questions Vol1 2020 English Language Objective / Multiple Choice Medium Difficulty
Question 41 GCE_MODEL_QUESTIONS_VOL1 • 2020 • ENGLISH_LANGUAGE • objective

The poet writes: "The night wrapped its velvet cloak around the city, silencing the bustling streets." Identify the figure of speech used in the phrase "wrapped its velvet cloak around the city" and then rewrite that phrase as a different figure of speech that conveys the same meaning.

Answer Options

A. Alliteration; rewritten as "The night's velvet veil veiled the city, silencing the bustling streets."
Correct Answer B. Personification; rewritten as "The night was a velvet cloak covering the city, silencing the bustling streets."
C. Simile; rewritten as "The night, like a velvet cloak, wrapped the city, silencing the bustling streets."
D. Metaphor; rewritten as "The night draped a velvet cloak over the city, silencing the bustling streets."
Correct Answer
B
Correct Option:
Personification; rewritten as "The night was a velvet cloak covering the city, silencing the bustling streets."

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This is Gce Model Questions Vol1 2020 English Language Question 41. It is one of the objective questions from the 2020 Gce Model Questions Vol1 English Language examination.

Difficulty level: Medium .

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