Question

37) "Old in rags,he patient stands”. Identify the figure of speech. a)Alliteration b)Personification c)Inversion d)Simile​

Answer 1

Option (c), Inversion is the correct answer here.

Inversion- It is the inverse order of a sentence. Like in the statement, the normal form should be "stands the patient". but we are having the inverted form "he patient stands".

Therefore, Inversion is the right figure of speech here.

Option(a)- Alliteration, is the collection of words having the same initial letters. Since we cannot find such words here, this is not an example of Alliteration.

Option(b)- Personification, is the values we assign to non-living things or animals. Since no mention of an animal or non-living thins is here, it is not Personification.

Option(d)- Simile, is the comparison of two things. In a simile, while comparing "as" is always used. we don't have any "as" in the sentence, therefore it is not a simile.