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 The Gunpowder Plot of 1605 is often linked to William Shakespeare's play Macbeth , although it is not directly referenced within the text. The Gunpowder Plot was a failed attempt by a group of English Catholics to assassinate King James I and blow up the Parliament. This event had a significant impact on the public consciousness and the political climate of the time, which Shakespeare would have been acutely aware of while writing Macbeth . Here are some ways in which the Gunpowder Plot might have influenced Macbeth : Themes of Treason and Regicide : Macbeth revolves around the murder of King Duncan, which mirrors the treasonous intent of the Gunpowder Plot conspirators. The play explores themes of loyalty, betrayal, and the consequences of regicide. The Character of Macbeth : Macbeth's ambition and his ultimate decision to murder the king for personal gain can be seen as a reflection of the conspirators' motivations to kill King James I and seize power. The Atmosphere of
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Figures of Speech Exercise With Answers

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Figures of Speech Exercise With Answers for UP-TGT-PGT-DSSSB-KVS-NVS-UGC-NET-LT-CLAT and More. 

Here is an exercise for figures of speech that can be useful for UP-TGT/PGT/KVS/NVS/DSSSB/LT/UGC-NET/CLAT/DLIT and more. These are the questions based on Simile, Metaphor, Personification, Paradox, Understatement, Metonymy, Apostrophe, Hyperbole, Onomatopoeia and Oxymoron.


Figures of Speech Examples and Exercise



  1. The leader made a fiery speech.
  2. At last, they agreed to disagree.
  3. Even the sky shed tears when Gandhi died.
  4. He is the vulture of the state.
  5. A cry that would raise the dead from the grave.
  6. Idleness is the nursery of evil thoughts.
  7. Words are easy like the wind.
  8. Infancy is the beginning of life as dawn is the beginning of the day.
  9. The curfew tolls the knell of parting day.
  10. His rash policy let lose the dogs of war.
  11. A lie has no legs.
  12. Thus Nature spake – the work was done – How soon my Lucy’s race was run!
  13. O, Captain! My captain! Our fearful trip is done.
  14. And beauty born of murmuring sound. Shall pass into her face.
  15. Her mother, too, upon this occasion felt pleasing distress.
  16. Whose armor is his honest thought?
  17. Whose conscience is his strong retreat?
  18. The wind lies in the arms of the dawn.
  19. Our echoes roll from soul to soul.
  20. Death in his palace holds his court-His messengers move to and fro.
  21. Peace hath her victories-No less renowned the war.
  22. Cowardly brave-Yes that describes him, Because he fights only when he cannot run away.
  23. Wild West wind, thou breath of autumn’s being.
  24. Milton, thou shouldst be living at this hour.
  25. They build the nation’s pillars deep – And lift them to the sky.
  26. Our sweetest songs are those that tell of saddest thoughts.
  27. As shines the moon in clouded skies. She in her poor attire was seen.
  28. The city’s voice itself is soft like solitude’s.
  29. Hope is the poor man’s bread.
  30. We are the voices of the wandering wind.
  31. Death lays his icy hands on kings.
  32. The daisy smiled at the morning sun.
  33. O, Julius Caesar! Thou art mighty yet.
  34. O world! Oh, Life! O Time! On Whose last steps I climb.
  35. Why, man, if the river were dry I am able to fill it with tears.
  36. James, I was the wisest fool.
  37. But patient, to prevent That murmur, soon replies
  38. I hear lake water lapping with low sounds by the shore.
  39. So like a shattered column lay the king?
  40. I wandered lonely as a cloud.
  41. The murmurous haunt of flies on summer eves.
  42. It droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven.
  43. We are all like swimmers on the sea of life.
  44. I see a lily on thy brow.
  45. He is the pillar of the state.
  46. Let not ambition mock their useful toil.
  47. It is the tree’s lament, an eerie speech, That haply to the unknown land may reach.
  48. O mighty Caesar! Dost thou lie so low?
  49. All the perfumes of Arabia will not sweeten this little hand.
  50. And out of joy, His heart jumped miles high.
  51. The camel is the ship of the desert.
  52. Authority forgets a dying king.
  53. Experience is the best teacher.
  54. He is regularly irregular.
  55. I heard the water lapping on the crag.
  56. She is as firm as a rock.
  57. Errors, like straws, upon the surface flow.
  58. Life is but a walking shadow.
  59. He is the pillar of the administration.
  60. Love is blind.
  61. Truth sits upon the lips of dying men.
  62. O sweet content! Where is thy mild abode?
  63. My cheeks grow cold and hear the sea.
  64. O Grave! Where is thy victory?
  65. Life! I know not what thou art,
  66. They were swifter than eagles and stronger than lions.
  67. He is an innocent criminal.
  68. She wept oceans of tears.
  69. Fair is foul and foul is fair.
  70. A murmuring whisper through the nunnery ran.
  71. Lightly, O lightly we glide and we sing. We bear her along like a pearl on a string.
  72. She is as lovely as a rose.
  73. Life is a dream.
  74. He is now in the sunset of his days.
  75. Opportunity knocks at the door but once.
  76. Laughter holding both her sides.
  77. Frailty, thy name is a woman!
  78. Rend with the tremendous sound your ears asunder With gun, drum, trumpet, blunderbuss and thunder.
  79. She shall be sportive as the fawn.
  80. Like the sly snake they come, That sting unseen: like the striped murderer.
  81. As many farewells as there be stars in heaven.
  82. And having nothing he hath all.
  83. This is an open secret.
  84. The curfew tolls the knell of a parting day.
  85. O my love is like a red, red rose.
  86. How a little candle throws its beams! So shines a good deed is a naughty world.
  87. Life is a tale told by an idiot.
  88. Integrity is the backbone of character.
  89. Peace hath her victories no less renowned than war.
  90. The sea that bears her bosom to the moon.
  91. There is a dagger in thy words.
  92. Beaded bubbles winking at the brim.
  93. Sunflowers nod in the hot fields and apple buds laughs into blossom.
  94. O! Judgment! Thou art fled to brutish beasts.
  95. O Solitude! Where are the charms, That sages have seen in the face?
  96. Belinda smiled and all the world was gay.
  97. Great lord of all things, yet a prey to all.
  98. The more haste, the less speed.
  99. The moan of doves in immemorial elms. And murmur of innumerable bees.
  100. Or from star-like eyes doth seek Fuel to maintain his fires.
  101. I could lie down like a tired child. And weep away the life of care.

Answers
  1. Metaphor
  2. Oxymoron
  3. Hyperbole
  4. Metaphor
  5. Hyperbole
  6. Metaphor
  7. Simile
  8. Simile
  9. Onomatopoeia
  10. Metaphor
  11. Personification
  12. Personification
  13. Apostrophe
  14. Onomatopoeia
  15. Oxymoron
  16. Metaphor
  17. Metaphor
  18. Personification
  19. Onomatopoeia
  20. Personification
  21. Personification
  22. Oxymoron
  23. Personification
  24. Apostrophe
  25. Hyperbole
  26. Oxymoron
  27. Simile
  28. Simile
  29. Metaphor
  30. Metaphor
  31. Personification
  32. Personification
  33. Apostrophe
  34. Apostrophe
  35. Hyperbole
  36. Oxymoron
  37. Onomatopoeia
  38. Onomatopoeia
  39. Simile
  40. Simile
  41. Onomatopoeia
  42. Simile
  43. Simile
  44. Metaphor
  45. Metaphor
  46. Personification
  47. Personification
  48. Apostrophe
  49. Hyperbole
  50. Hyperbole
  51. Metaphor
  52. Personification
  53. Personification
  54. Oxymoron
  55. Onomatopoeia
  56. Simile
  57. Simile
  58. Metaphor
  59. Metaphor
  60. Personification
  61. Personification
  62. Apostrophe
  63. Hyperbole
  64. Apostrophe
  65. Apostrophe
  66. Hyperbole
  67. Oxymoron
  68. Hyperbole
  69. Oxymoron
  70. Onomatopoeia
  71. Simile
  72. Simile
  73. Metaphor
  74. Metaphor
  75. Personification
  76. Personification
  77. Apostrophe
  78. Onomatopoeia
  79. Simile
  80. Simile
  81. Hyperbole
  82. Oxymoron
  83. Oxymoron
  84. Onomatopoeia
  85. Simile
  86. Simile
  87. Metaphor
  88. Metaphor
  89. Personification
  90. Personification
  91. Metaphor
  92. Personification
  93. Personification
  94. Apostrophe
  95. Apostrophe
  96. Hyperbole
  97. Oxymoron
  98. Oxymoron
  99. Onomatopoeia
  100. Simile
  101. Simile

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