Question

Select the appropriate figure of speech from the box given below and complete the table.

Metaphor, Alliteration, Repetition, Personification, Inversion, Simile, Apostrophe, Onomatopoeia

 

Examples	Figure of Speech	Explanation
1. Sir Ralph the Rover tore his hair.	Alliteration	The close repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words

Answer 1

Examples	Figure of Speech	Explanation
1. Sir Ralph the Rover tore his hair.	Alliteration	The close repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words
2. No stir in the air, no stir in the sea	Alliteration	The close repetition of the sound of ‘s’.
	Repetition	The words ‘No stir in the’ have been repeated in the line.
3. On a buoy in the storm it floated and swung	Inversion	The order of words has been rearranged for a poetic effect. The correct order should be ‘It floated and swung on a buoy in the storm’.
	Personification	The ‘Inchcape bell’ has been given the animate quality of ‘floating’ and ‘swinging’
4. Down sank the bell with a gurgling sound.	Inversion	The order of words has been rearranged for a poetic effect. The correct order should be ‘The bell sank down with a gurgling sound.’
	Onomatopoeia	The word ‘gurgling’ denotes the sound made by the bell as it sunk in the ocean.
5. The Devil below was ringing his knell.	Onomatopoeia	The word ‘ringing’ denotes the sound made by the bell.
6. The Ship was still as she could be	Alliteration	Close repetition of syllable ‘s’
	Personification	The ship has been personified with the use o the feminine pronoun ‘she’.
7. On the deck the Rover takes his stand,	Inversion	The order of words has been rearranged for a poetic effect. The correct order should be ‘The Rover takes his stand on the deck’.
8. Oh Christ!	Apostrophe	A direct address has been made to an entity that is not present.