CLASS 10
THE TALE OF CUSTARD THE DRAGON
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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Oxymoron
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Metaphor
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Assonance
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Simile
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Detailed explanation-1: -The phrases, ‘sharp as Mustard’, ‘mouth like a fireplace’, ‘as brave as a barrel full of bears’, ‘brave as a tiger in a cage’, ‘snorting like an engine’, and ‘clashed his tail like iron in a dungeon’ are examples of simile in the poem.
Detailed explanation-2: -e.g. “sharp as Mustard”, “as brave as barrel full of bears”, “as brave as a tiger in a rage”, “mouth like fireplace”, “his tale like irons in a dungeon”, Metaphor: a figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable.
Detailed explanation-3: -Detailed Solution. The correct answer is ‘Alliteration’. Alliteration is the occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words.
Detailed explanation-4: -The poetic device simile is used in the line “And the little dog was sharp as mustard".