ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

LITERATURE QUESTIONS

TRADITIONAL LITERATURE

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Name the type of sentence. The flowers danced in the wind.
A
simile
B
hyperbole
C
personification
D
simile
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Answer: Personification is used here. Explanation: As the flowers are personified (given human characteristics) to beautify the sentence.

Detailed explanation-2: -The answer is ‘Personification.

Detailed explanation-3: -A figure of speech in which an object or animal is given human feelings, thoughts, or attitudes Example: The flowers danced in the wind. Example: The classroom was a zoo. A figure of speech in which a sound is imitated. Example: Boom went the thunder.

Detailed explanation-4: -Another commonly used figure of speech is personification. That is where you give human-like qualities to something not human. “The flowers danced in the breeze.”

Detailed explanation-5: -Here is another example of personification: The flowers were begging for water. We know that flowers do not have mouths and they cannot really ask us for water. We are giving the flowers the human characteristic of begging to show that they are in need of water.

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