ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

LITERATURE QUESTIONS

GOTHIC LITERATURE

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
What is this is an example of:The clock on the wall laughed at me as I tried to finish my test before class ended.
A
personification
B
metaphor
C
simile
D
hyperbole
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The moon winked at me through the clouds as if to say I should venture forward. ‘

Detailed explanation-2: -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-3: -An example is the use of personification-the application of human qualities to something that is not human. “The walls have ears, ” “Money talks, ” and “Fear stalked the land” are instances of personification.

Detailed explanation-4: -Rhetorical questions are considered a kind of figurative language. These are questions that may have another meaning in addition to their specific meaning.

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