From the given options, select the figure of speech used in the line:
After the first heavy rain, the dry fields of Bundelkhand drank greedily and thanked the sky.
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 3
The correct answer is Option (3) → Personification
The fields “drank greedily” and “thanked the sky”. Only a person can say thank you, so the fields are shown acting like thirsty, grateful people.
| Figure | What it is | Example |
|---|---|---|
| (1) Metaphor | a hidden comparison: it says one thing is another, without “like” or “as” | At lunch time, our school bus is a moving canteen. |
| (2) Transferred epithet | a describing word moved from a person to a thing linked to them | Dadi kept a hopeful plate of food warm till Papa came home late. |
| (3) Personification (answer) | human qualities or actions given to a thing, an animal or an idea | The marigolds danced in the breeze. |
| (4) Hyperbole | a big exaggeration made for effect | Papa has a thousand files on his desk this week. |