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Question : Identify the Figure of Speech (Poetic Device) in the expression: "The old car groaned as it struggled up the hill."

Option 1: Personification

Option 2:  Onomatopoeia

Option 3:  Metaphor

Option 4:  Alliteration


Team Careers360 6th Jan, 2024
Answer (1)
Team Careers360 11th Jan, 2024

Correct Answer: Personification


Solution : The correct option 1.

Personification is attributing human characteristics to non-human things. The car is personified as if it can groan, which is a human action.

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