Identify the figure of speech used in the following sentence:
Hari’s hungry hens hopped hurriedly round the hut at feeding time.
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 4
The correct answer is Option (4) → Alliteration
The “h” sound opens “Hari’s”, “hungry”, “hens”, “hopped”, “hurriedly” and “hut”.
| Figure | What it is | Example |
|---|---|---|
| (1) Assonance | the same vowel sound repeated in words that are close together | The bright white kite flew high in the sky. |
| (2) Onomatopoeia | a word that sounds like the sound it names | The hand pump creaked each time Bablu pressed it. |
| (3) Personification | human qualities or actions given to a thing, an animal or an idea | The lazy lift took its own sweet time to reach the fifth floor. |
| (4) Alliteration (answer) | the same first sound repeated in words that are close together | Bunty baked brown bread for breakfast. |