Question

The big drops are ten cent pieces and the little ones are five"" Which literary device has been used in the above lines?

Answer 1

"The big drops are ten cents and the little ones are five."

The literary device been used in the above lines are Metaphor.

Answer 2

The literary device used in the given line is metaphor.

Explanation:

• Metaphor, a figure of speech, used to refer one thing with another thing. It is a comparison used for rhetorical effect.
• In this lines, the similarities between two things are observed. The things are size of a drop and a coin.
• The meaning of the word is "to transfer" or "to carry over."
• Some of the types of metaphor are pun, hyperbole and so on.