From the given options, select the Figure of Speech (Poetic Device) used in the expression:
His heavy shotted hammock shroud
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 4
The correct answer is Option (4) → Alliteration
His, heavy and hammock all begin with the "h" sound. Shotted and shroud also share the "sh" sound.
| Figure | What it is | Example |
|---|---|---|
| (1) Pun | uses a word in two meanings at once | The calendar's days are numbered. |
| (2) Metaphor | speaks of one thing as another to compare them. A shroud is the cloth wrapped around a dead body | The city was an oven in May. |
| (3) Simile | compares with "like" or "as" | The child slept like a log. |
| (4) Alliteration (answer) | the use of the same first sound in several words placed close together | Hari hid his hat under the bench. |