CLASS 10
AMANDA
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Question
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Don’t bite your nails, Amanda!Don’t hunch your shoulders, Amanda!Stop that slouching and sit up straight, Amanda!5) Which of the following poetic devices is not used in the above stanza?
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Anaphora
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Alliteration
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Assonance
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Personification
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Stop that slouching and sit up straight, Amanda! Alliteration is a literary device used in the extract.
Detailed explanation-2: -The correct answer is (A) Anaphora. The literary device used in the line “Don’t bite your nails, Amanda! Don’t hunch your shoulders, Amanda!” is Anaphora.
Detailed explanation-3: -(d) Literary device used in third line is Alliteration. ‘Stop that slouching and sit up straight’.
Detailed explanation-4: -Metaphors from the poem “Amanda": In the poem ‘Amanda’, the narrator compares her fantasy existence to that of a mermaid (a mermaid, drifting blissfully) and Rapunzel (I am Rapunzel, I have not a care), the famous character from fairy tales.
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