Class 11 / General English

General English Literature and Grammar

Question 21 of 180

Book: TN-ENG-11Chapter 1

Identify the figure of speech in: "While their ice-block-cold eyes / Search behind my shadow."

Simile

Metaphor

Personification

Oxymoron

Correct AnswerB.

Metaphor

Explanation

Comparing cold, emotionless eyes directly to an ice-block without "like" or "as" is a metaphor

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