Question : Choose the correct Figure of Speech (Poetic Device) in the following sentence: "The city never sleeps."
Option 1: Personification
Option 2: Simile
Option 3: Metaphor
Option 4: Oxymoron
Correct Answer: Personification
Solution : The correct option is 1.
Personification is attributing human characteristics to non-human things. Here, the city is personified as if it has the human trait of never sleeping.
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