CBSE ENGLISH LANGUAGE & LITERATURE

CLASS 10

THE NECKLACE

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
What literary technique is illustrated by the phrase, “error of fate”?
A
personification
B
metaphor
C
hyperbole
D
foreshadowing
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Personification is giving human characteristics to nonhuman or abstract things. This could be physical attributes (“the eye of the needle”), emotional attributes (“a single lonely shoe”), or human actions (“a leaf dancing in the wind”).

Detailed explanation-2: -In the short story ‘The Necklace’ by French author Guy de Maupassant, significant uses of figurative language include personification, symbolism, and hyperbole. They help us to understand the perspectives of Mathilde Loisel and her husband, who is simply called Loisel in the story.

Detailed explanation-3: -Figurative language is a way to express messages to the reader by using images. The “The Necklace” uses personification to illustrate the idea that the main character, Madame Loisel, believes that fate interfered with her destiny of upper-class life.

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