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Q:

Which of these is an example of personification?

A) The moon smiled at me B) This shirt is as white as snow
C) Water is as hot as sun D) It is like a soft butter
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) The moon smiled at me

Explanation:

"The moon smiled at me" is the example of personification in the given options.

 

Personification is a technique in which we give objects human traits like emotions, gestures, speech,... by using metaphor. 

Here moon is an object which cannot smile but using metaphor sense, we gave that sense to it.

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A doctor and a bus driver are both in love with the same woman, named Sana. The bus driver had to go on a long bus trip that would last a week. Before he left, he gave Sana seven apples.

 Why?

Answer

We know a proverb that An apple a day keeps the doctor away. To keep the doctor away from her, he gave seven apples, each apple a day.

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Q:

What has a ring but no finger?

Answer

A Telephone or an Alarm...

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Which line is an example of the poetic technique metonymy?

A) I’m martyr to a motion not my own B) These old bones live to learn her wanton ways
C) Let seed be grass, and grass turn into hay D) I swear she cast a shadow white as stone
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) These old bones live to learn her wanton ways

Explanation:

Metonymy is a figure of speech in which a thing or concept is referred to by the name of something closely associated with that thing or concept. Hence it occurs when a word is replaced by a word that has an obvious relation to itself.

 

In the given example of the text, the bones refer to the human being.

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Q:

Light travels fastest in

A) Air B) Water
C) Glass D) Diamond
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Air

Explanation:

Light travels fastest in Vacuum. The fastest thing in the whole universe is the speed of light in a vacuum like outer space. It is about 2.99 x 108 m/s. 

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Q:

Crack the following Logical WordPuzzle ?

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Answer

Maps.

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Accommodation refers to

A) Movement towards or away from others by changing your communicative behavior B) Movement towards another by changing your communicative behavior
C) Going out of your way to help or relate to someone by changing your communicative behavior D) Giving up something that means a lot to you in order to help accommodate another
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Movement towards or away from others by changing your communicative behavior

Explanation:
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Q:

A person who pretends to be what he is not?

A) Posthumous B) Glutton
C) Imposter D) Rogue
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Imposter

Explanation:

A person who pretends to be what he is not is an Imposter.

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