From the given options, select the Figure of Speech (Poetic Device) used in the expression:
Dead wings carried like a paper kite
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 3
The correct answer is Option (3) → Simile
In “Dead wings carried like a paper kite”, the dead wings are compared to a paper kite with the word “like”: light, lifeless and carried along by the wind.
| Option | What it is | Example |
|---|---|---|
| (1) Personification | Personification gives human qualities or actions to something that is not human. The wings are not shown doing anything human. They are carried. | The wind whispered through the trees. |
| (2) Metaphor | A metaphor makes the comparison directly, without “like” or “as” (“the wings were a paper kite”). Here “like” is used, so it is a simile. | For the lonely old man, his dog was his whole world. |
| (3) Simile (answer) | A simile is a comparison between two different things using “like” or “as”. | The child slept like a log after the long journey. |
| (4) Pun | a play on a word that has two meanings, or on two words that sound alike. No word in the line is used with a double meaning. | A bicycle cannot stand up on its own because it is two tired. |