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Q: Choose the correct figure of speech in the following sentence. 'The wind lies asleep in the arms of dawn."
  • A. Metaphor
  • B. Hyperbole
  • C. Personification
  • D. Oxymoron
Correct Answer: Option C - Personification is a figure of speech where human qualities are given to animals, objects or ideas. Here wind and dawn (in animate object) are being thought of as living beings, i.e. they are being personified humans.
C. Personification is a figure of speech where human qualities are given to animals, objects or ideas. Here wind and dawn (in animate object) are being thought of as living beings, i.e. they are being personified humans.

Explanations:

Personification is a figure of speech where human qualities are given to animals, objects or ideas. Here wind and dawn (in animate object) are being thought of as living beings, i.e. they are being personified humans.