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CBSE 2015 Class 12 English Outside Delhi Set 1 Paper

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SECTION - C

(LITERATURE : TEXT BOOKS AND LONG READING TEXT)

Read the extract given below and answer the questions that follow:

and

looked out at young

trees sprinting, the merry children spilling

out of their homes, but after the airport's

security check, standing a few yards

away, I looked again at her, wan,

pale as a late winter's moon and felt that

old familiar ache, .........

Question : 34 of 52

Marks: +1, -0

Identify the figure of speech used in these lines.

Solution:

The figures of speech used in these lines are simile: The "wan, pale" face to the mother is compared to "a late winter's moon", and personification for "trees sprinting..."

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