Simile is the direct comparison between two________________?

Related Mcqs:

1. What is the difference between a simile and a metaphor ?

   A. No difference. Simply two different ways in referring to the same thing.
   B. A simile is more descriptive.
   C. A simile uses as or like to make a comparison and a metaphor doesn’t.
   D. A simile must use animals in the comparison.

2. A comparison of unlike things without using a word of comparison such as like or as______________?

   A. metaphor
   B. simile
   C. personification
   D. none of the above

3. This is the implied comparison between two dissimilar things_______________?

   A. Myth
   B. History
   C. Tradition
   D. Metaphor

4. This term is an elaborate comparison between two different subjects___________?

   A. Simile
   B. Conceit
   C. Sermon
   D. Anomoly

5. The comparison of unlike things using the words like or as_____________?

   A. metaphor
   B. simile
   C. personification
   D. none of the above

6. The period between 1660 to 1750 is known as___________________?

   A. The Age of Classicism
   B. The Restoration
   C. The age of Milton
   D. None of these

7. During the period of which king did Chaucer fight in the English Army for the Hundred Years’ War between France and England ?

   A. William I
   B. Edward II
   C. William II
   D. Edward III

8. What is the difference between traditional literary criticism and post-New Criticism literary theory ?

   A. Traditional literary criticism is mainly focused on exploring gender issues.
   B. Traditional literary criticism only examines pre-20th-century literary texts.
   C. Traditional literary criticism focused on tracking influences and textual allusions and considering the historical contexts of literary texts.
   D. Traditional literary criticism attempted to consider the psychological aspects of literary texts.

9. Chaucer and Langland were contemporaries, but there were several differences between their writing styles. Which of the following best describes these differences ?

   A. Langland wrote only about aristocratic characters that were similar to Arthurian legends, whereas Chaucer wrote about lower social classes.
   B. Chaucer and Langland wrote in different dialects.
   C. Chaucer copied French and Italian style, whereas Langland did not.
   D. Most of Chaucer’s poetry was for a secular court audience, whereas Langland’s was didactic, teaching a moral lesson.

10. According to Radcliffe, what is the difference between terror and horror ?

    A. Horror is only a sense of the sublime.
    B. Terror contracts the soul.
    C. Terror involves uncertainty and obscurity.
    D. Horror fails to awaken and expand the soul.