From the given options, select the figure of speech (poetic device) used in expression: ' Mount Everest proudly watches over all the hills '
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 4
The correct answer is Option (4) → personification
Mount Everest, a mountain, is said to "proudly watch over" all the hills, as a person would. Feeling pride and keeping watch are human actions, here given to a mountain.
| Option | What it is | Example |
|---|---|---|
| (1) alliteration | the repetition of the same first consonant sound in words close together. No first sound is repeated in words close together in this line. Its effect lies in giving a mountain human feelings and actions. | "Five fat frogs sat on a log" uses alliteration. |
| (2) simile | A simile compares two things using "like" or "as". Everest is not said to be "like" a person. There is no comparison word. | The lake was as still as glass. |
| (3) oxymoron | An oxymoron puts two words of opposite meaning side by side. No two words in this line contradict each other. | The room fell into a deafening silence. |
| (4) personification (answer) | Personification gives human qualities, actions or relations to something that is not human. | The old fort watches over the sleeping town. |