The figure of speech used in the expression "Tom and Jerry share a love-hate relationship" is:Option 3: Oxymoron
- Oxymoron: An oxymoron combines two contradictory terms to create a striking effect. In this case, "love" and "hate" are opposite emotions, yet they're used together to describe the complex and ambivalent relationship between Tom and Jerry.
- Personification: This assigns human qualities to non-human things. While Tom and Jerry might behave in ways reminiscent of human relationships, they are still cartoon characters.
- Metaphor: This creates a direct comparison between two unlike things using "like" or "as." The sentence doesn't compare the relationship to anything else.
- Simile: Similar to metaphor, but uses "like" or "as" to make an indirect comparison. Again, the relationship itself isn't directly compared to another thing.
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