Question

Select the sentence that has the same literary device as the underlined phrase in the line below. They came like flickers of rumour, told by word of mouth and always contradicted.​

Answer 1

Explanation:

Evelyn Glennie is considered one of the world's foremost percussionists and is the first and only full-time solo classical percussionist. ... Evelyn Elizabeth Ann Glennie was born July 19, 1965, the only daughter of Isobel, a school teacher, and Herbert Arthur Glennie, a beef farmer.14-Jul-2018

Answer 2

Explanation:

There are no underlined words.

They came like flickers of rumour, told by word of mouth and always contradicted.​

Here they has been mentioned as some body who speaks quickly without thinking much.

Following is a classic example of literary device

Life is the best teacher of all.

Here life is a subject where the writer wants to state that it can teach people a lot. And it is true that throughout one’s life, a person keeps on learning