Gce Model Questions Vol1 2024 English Language Question 76

Practice objective / multiple choice question 76 from the 2024 Gce Model Questions Vol1 English Language examination.

Gce Model Questions Vol1 2024 English Language Objective / Multiple Choice Medium Difficulty
Question 76 GCE_MODEL_QUESTIONS_VOL1 • 2024 • ENGLISH_LANGUAGE • objective

Read the following sentence: "The city's streets were veins of steel, pulsing with the lifeblood of traffic." Identify the figure of speech employed, justify your choice, and then rewrite the sentence using a different figure of speech that conveys the same idea.

Answer Options

A. Personification; rewrite: "The city's streets breathed like veins of steel, pulsing with the lifeblood of traffic."
B. Simile; rewrite: "The city's streets were like veins of steel, pulsing with the lifeblood of traffic."
C. Hyperbole; rewrite: "The city's streets are the biggest veins of steel, pulsing with endless traffic."
Correct Answer D. Metaphor; rewrite: "The city's streets were like veins of steel, pulsing with the lifeblood of traffic."
Correct Answer
D
Correct Option:
Metaphor; rewrite: "The city's streets were like veins of steel, pulsing with the lifeblood of traffic."

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This is Gce Model Questions Vol1 2024 English Language Question 76. It is one of the objective questions from the 2024 Gce Model Questions Vol1 English Language examination.

Difficulty level: Medium .

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