Question

I felt very small. ( identify the Figure of speech)

Answer 1

figure of speech is oxymoron

Answer 2

ANSWER:

Figure of speech is oxymoron.  

EXPLANATION:

     In the given sentence, “I felt very small”, the figure of speech is oxymoron. "A figure of speech" is a word or phrase which has different meaning than its "literal meaning". Some common types of figure of speech are "alliteration, anaphora, assonance", hyperbole, irony, metaphor, oxymoron.

    Oxymoron is when two contradicting words are used together. In the given sentence, two contradicting words are very and small. The word very means large or huge where as the word small is exactly opposite of it.