ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS

MACBETH

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Identify the rhetorical figure used in the following line of Tennyson “Faith un-faithful kept him falsely true.”
A
Oxymoron
B
Metaphor
C
Simile
D
Synecdoche
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -This sentence uses Oxymoron. An oxymoron is a Figure of speech that expresses two opposite terms . faith unfaithful, falsely true, honour in dishonour are all oxymorons.

Detailed explanation-2: -Well, today we bring oxymoron which is a figure of speech in which apparently contradictory terms appear in conjunction (e.g. faith unfaithful kept him falsely true).

Detailed explanation-3: -Adjective. unfaithful (comparative more unfaithful, superlative most unfaithful) Not having religious faith. Not keeping good faith; disloyal; not faithful.

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