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Q: Which figure of speech do we see in the following expression? 'Ten thousand saw I at a glance'.
  • A. Oxymoron
  • B. Hyperbole
  • C. Pun
  • D. Transferred Epithet
Correct Answer: Option B - In the given sentence- 'Ten thousand saw I at a glance' the figure of speech is 'Hyperbole'. Hyperbole- Hyperbole is the use of exaggeration as a rhetorical device or figure of speech. In Hyperbole a or statement is made emphatic by overstatement Ex. I loved Ophelia, forty thousand brothers.
B. In the given sentence- 'Ten thousand saw I at a glance' the figure of speech is 'Hyperbole'. Hyperbole- Hyperbole is the use of exaggeration as a rhetorical device or figure of speech. In Hyperbole a or statement is made emphatic by overstatement Ex. I loved Ophelia, forty thousand brothers.

Explanations:

In the given sentence- 'Ten thousand saw I at a glance' the figure of speech is 'Hyperbole'. Hyperbole- Hyperbole is the use of exaggeration as a rhetorical device or figure of speech. In Hyperbole a or statement is made emphatic by overstatement Ex. I loved Ophelia, forty thousand brothers.