Question

. The steel canister seems heavier than the plastic bag he would carry so lightly over his shoulder. What is the literary device used in this statment?

Answer 1

Answer:

contrast

Explanation:

heavier and lightly both are opposite both are contrasting

Answer 2

The steel canister seems heavier than the plastic bag he would carry so lightly over his shoulders.

Irony represents a contrast between how it should be and the reality. Here, Saheb's name is in contrast with his real life.

It's a metaphor since it uses 'drown' with 'air' which are ideas that are not very similar.

Explanation about Literary devices.

• Simile
• A simile is a figure of speech that compares two different things by highlighting the similarities. Similes use “like” and “as” to establish the similarity relationship. Whenever you see the use of “as” in a sentence, it is most likely a simile.
• Metaphor
• A metaphor is a figure of speech that describes an object or action in a way that isn’t literally true but helps explain an idea or make a point. It states that one thing is another thing even when literally it is not.
• Personification
• Personification is when something non-human, object or animal, is given human-like qualities like yelling, howling, waving, crying etc. It’s a way of describing something as if it was a person to make the sentence sound more exciting.
• Hyperbole
• The art of exaggerating or stretching the truth to express a feeling or idea even though literally it is not possible.

Hence ,

Metaphor literary device is used in that statement.

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