Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

English

Chapter

Figure of Speech

Question:

From the given options, select the Figure of Speech (Poetic Device) used in the expression:

O Judgement! thou art fled to brutish beasts.

Options:

Pun

Oxymoron

Metaphor

Apostrophe

Correct Answer:

Apostrophe

Explanation:

An apostrophe is a direct address to the dead, to the absent, or to a personified object or idea.