Identify the figure of speech used in the given sentence:
"Life is a dream"
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 3
The correct answer is Option (3) → Metaphor
"Life is a dream" presents life as a dream, short, unreal and quickly over, with no "like" or "as".
| Option | What it is | Example |
|---|---|---|
| (1) Simile | A simile needs "like" or "as". The line would have to say "Life is like a dream". | He ran like the wind. |
| (2) Personification | Personification gives human qualities or actions to a thing that is not human. Life is not given any human action here. | The wind whispered through the trees. |
| (3) Metaphor (answer) | A metaphor compares two different things directly: it says that one thing is the other. It uses no "like" or "as". The comparison is implied. | The world is a stage. |
| (4) Hyperbole | great exaggeration for effect. The line compares. It does not exaggerate. | I have told you a million times to shut the door. |