From the given options, select the Figure of Speech (Poetic Device) used in the expression:
The wreck of his hopes
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 3
The correct answer is Option (3) → Metaphor
A wreck is what is left of a ship or car after it is badly broken. Hopes cannot really break like a ship. Here the person's hopes are spoken of as a broken ship. All his plans have been destroyed.
| Figure | What it is | Example |
|---|---|---|
| (1) Simile | uses "like" or "as" to compare | The kitchen was as hot as a furnace. |
| (2) Pun | wordplay on a word with two meanings | The bicycle could not stand up because it was two tired. |
| (3) Metaphor (answer) | a comparison without "like" or "as". One thing is described as if it were another | My brother is a couch potato on Sundays. |
| (4) Oxymoron | joins two opposite words | It was the same difference to me. |