SNAP 2015 Question Paper

'To catch a tartar' is an idiom which means to encounter with someone that proves more powerful or troublesome.

The correct idiom is a leopard cannot change its spots which means that people cannot change their basic personalities.

A Hyperbole refers to exaggeration

Assonance refers to the resemblance of sound between syllables of nearby words like cold, culled etc. 

Anaphora is the repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive phrases clauses or sentences. 

Alliteration refers to the repetition of the same letter at the beginning of consecutive words. 

Since 's' is repeated in the beginning of words here, the answer is (d) alliteration.

A rhyme is a correspondence of sound between words or the endings of words, especially when these are used at the ends of lines of poetry.

A metaphor is a figure of speech in which a word or phrase denoting one kind of object or action is used in place of another to suggest a likeness or analogy between them.

Personification is the attribution of a personal nature or human characteristics to something non-human or the representation of an abstract quality in human form.

Hyperboles are exaggerated statements or claim not meant to be taken literally.

Onomatopoeia is the formation of a word from a sound associated with what is named. So the buzzing of bees is an onomatopoeia.

The plural form of cactus is known as cacti.

Trousseaux means the clothes, linen, and other belongings a bride collects for her marriage.

The singular form of scarves is scarf.

The thumb pins in American English is know as drawing pins in British English

Aubergine is a French word, and it is how Europeans refer to what Americans would typically call an eggplant.