What kind of figure of speech is this " My alarm clock yells at me to get out of bed every morning"
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Common Personification Examples
The wind howled in the night. The car complained as the key was roughly turned in its ignition. Rita heard the last piece of pie calling her name. My alarm clock yells at me to get out of bed every morning.
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The figure of speech in "My alarm clock yells at me to get out of bed every morning" is personification.
What is personification?
- Personification is a literary device in which an inanimate object is given the attributions of a living being.
- It is a type of metaphor that compares objects to humans to exaggerate their state. For example:- 'Shadows hold their breath.'
- It is often used to make prose or passage sound more colorful and lively.
How is personification used in this sentence?
- In the given sentence- "My alarm clock yells at me to get out of bed every morning"- the alarm clock has been personified.
- An alarm clock is a non-living object; it cannot yell at something.
- This figure of speech has been used to explain the loudness and intensity of the alarm clock.
- It 'yells' at the speaker means that he perceives it as being yelled at, metaphorically.
Hence, the correct answer is personification.
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