Question

name and explain the figure of speech.
Or open the trunk of a tree at all?

Answer 1

Explanation:

A figure of speech is a phrase or word having different meanings than its literal meanings. It conveys meaning by identifying or comparing one thing to another, which has connotation or meaning familiar to the audience. That is why it is helpful in creating vivid rhetorical effect.

Answer 2

The figure of speech for the sentence 'Or open the trunk of a tree at all? is Interrogation.

Interrogation or Rhetorical Question as a figure of speech-

• The figure of speech Interrogation is also known as 'Rhetorical Question'
• Interrogation is the asking of a question not for the sake of getting an answer, but to put a point effectively.
• In this figure of speech, a question is asked merely for the sake of rhetorical effect.
• In the above line, the question 'or open the trunk of a tree at all?' is merely asked to give an effect and do not expect any answer to it.