Direction: In the following questions, out of the four alternatives, choose the one which can be substituted for the given words/ sentence.
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A figure of speech by which a thing is spoken of as being that which it only resembles
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- metaphor
- simile
- personification
- alliteration
Correct Option: B
simile (N.) : a word or phrase that compares something to something else, using the words like or as
metaphor (N.) : a word or phrase used for describing somebody/ something else, in a way that is different from its normal use, in order to show that the two things have the same qualities and to make the description more powerful
personification (N.) : the practice of representing objects, qualities, etc. as human in art and literature
alliteration (N.) : the use of the same letter/ sound at the beginning of words that are close together
