CBSE ENGLISH LANGUAGE & LITERATURE

CLASS 10

FIRE AND ICE

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
“some say the world will end in fire some say in ice “ tell the poetic device
A
alliteration
B
anaphora
C
personification
D
pun
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -“Some say the world will end in fire, Some say in ice.” Personification: Personification is to give human qualities to inanimate objects. In this poem, “Fire” and “Ice ” are capable of destruction.

Detailed explanation-2: -Imagery: Imagery is used to make readers perceive things involving their five senses. For example, “Some say the world will end in fire” and “To say that for destruction ice, is also great”.

Detailed explanation-3: -Anaphora-It is the repetition of a word at the start of two or more consecutive lines. Example-“Some say” is repeated at the beginning of lines 1 and 2. v. Personification-It means to give human qualities to inanimate objects.

Detailed explanation-4: -Fire and Ice Literary devices Assonance-it is repetition of vowel sounds in same line. The repetition is at different places in different words. 3. Alliteration-alliteration is the repetition of a consonant sound at the start of two or more closely placed words.

Detailed explanation-5: -Here’s a quick and simple definition: Anaphora is a figure of speech in which words repeat at the beginning of successive clauses, phrases, or sentences. For example, Martin Luther King’s famous “I Have a Dream” speech contains anaphora: “So let freedom ring from the prodigious hilltops of New Hampshire.

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