CLASS 10
THE NECKLACE
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Question
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Personification
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Hyperbole
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Simile
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Metaphor
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Detailed explanation-1: -The primary metaphor used in “The Necklace” is the necklace. It represents value as it makes Madame Loisel feels as though she has value and so she is happy to attend the ball. However, when the necklace is lost, she feels that she too loses value and it faced with uncertainty.
Detailed explanation-2: -Hyperbole in “The Necklace" "I’m so hungry, I could eat a horse” is a common hyperbole that exaggerates how hungry someone is feeling and the amount of food they feel they could eat at once. Hyperboles in the “The Necklace” largely emphasize how important wealth and vanity are to Madame Loisel.
Detailed explanation-3: -Simile:Page 1, paragraph 4, A sphinx like smile. Meaning: A very wide smile. She leans the necklace is a fake. the characters are the Loisels the minister and Madame Forestier.
Detailed explanation-4: -When Mathilde is at the ball wearing her friend’s necklace and looking beautiful, the author describes her as “drunk on pleasure.” This is a metaphor that compares her happiness to being drunk, even though it is still clear that she cannot be drunk from the fun which she is having at the ball.