Identify the Figure of Speech used in the given sentence :-
She was impressed to see shining silver spoons at the serving counter.
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 2
The correct answer is Option (2) → Alliteration
Alliteration:
- Alliteration is the repetition of the same first consonant sound in words that are close together.
- It gives a line rhythm and makes it stick in the mind.
- In the sentence, the "s" sound is repeated in "see", "silver", "spoons" and "serving".
Example: Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.
Why the Other Options are Incorrect?
Option 1: Pun — Incorrect. A pun is a play on words that uses two meanings of one word, or two words that sound alike; the sentence has no such double meaning.
Example: A bicycle cannot stand on its own because it is two-tired.
Option 3: Oxymoron — Incorrect. An oxymoron puts two opposite words side by side; nothing in the sentence contradicts itself.
Example: There was a deafening silence in the hall.
Option 4: Simile — Incorrect. A simile compares two different things using "like" or "as"; the sentence makes no comparison.
Example: Her face shone like the moon.
Contrast: alliteration repeats the same first sound (see, silver, spoons, serving); a pun plays on two meanings of a word or on words that sound alike.