Comprehension Passage

Directions: read the extract given below and answer the questions that follow by selecting the correct options:

Wind, come softly,

Don't break the shutters of the windows.

Don't scatter the papers.

Don't throw down the books on the shelf.

There, look what you did - you threw them all down.

You tore the pages of the books.

You brought rain again.

You're very clever at poking fun at weaklings.

Frail crumbling houses, crumbling doors,

crumbling rafters,

crumbling wood, crumbling bodies,

crumbling lives,

crumbling hearts-

the wind god winnows and crushes

them all.

He won't do what you tell him.

So, come, let's build strong homes.

Let's joint the doors firmly.

Practice to firm the body.

Make the heart steadfast.

Do this, and the wind will be friends

with us.

Which literary device is used in the expression, 'let's build strong homes'?

1
Hyperbole
2
Assonance
3
Alliteration
4
Personification

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