Question

Name and explain the figures of speech in the following lines.
1.Trees are sacred my grandmother used to say.
2.The banyan tree was three times as tall as our house.​

Answer 1

Answer:

2. metaphor due to use of 'as'

Answer 2

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According to mythology, some trees are considered sacred. There have been many beliefs neem tree, banyan, sheoga, tulsi, oudumber. The banyan tree is the most sacred of these and the removing of a banyan tree is considered to be a sin as it was supposed to be worshipped in the holy scriptures. Through the line “Trees are sacred my grandmother used to say”, the narrator is mainly referring to the religious beliefs, ideas, and faith of people mentioned in the folk tales