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Recently, on a school test, I was given a poem comprehension. One of the questions was : What is the figure of speech in "...the trees start whispering among themselves? (A) Metaphor (B) S...
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System
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2019-12-08T03:56:16Z (about 5 years ago)
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Yashbhatt
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2019-12-08T03:56:16Z (about 5 years ago)
Recently, on a school test, I was given a poem comprehension. One of the questions was : > What is the figure of speech in "...the trees start whispering among themselves? (A) Metaphor (B) Simile (C) Personification (D) Onomotopoeia I ruled out Onomotopoeia and Simile but was confused between the other two. I told my teacher that it is Metaphor as the rustling of trees is indirectly compared to whispering but she said that it is Personification as trees are given a human quality. What should it be?
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System
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2014-12-28T18:02:52Z (almost 10 years ago)
Original score: 5