From the given options, select the figure of speech used in the line:
Ananya slid her report card under the pillow and spent a guilty evening pretending to study.
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 2
The correct answer is Option (2) → Transferred epithet
An evening cannot feel guilty. It is Ananya who feels guilty about hiding her report card. The word “guilty” moves from her to the evening she spent, so “a guilty evening” is a transferred epithet.
| Figure | What it is | Example |
|---|---|---|
| (1) Personification | human qualities or actions given to a thing, an animal or an idea | The morning sun peeped in through the curtains. |
| (2) Transferred epithet (answer) | a describing word moved from a person to a thing linked to them | Rahul spent a sleepless night before his result. |
| (3) Metaphor | a hidden comparison: it says one thing is another, without “like” or “as” | Our class monitor is a human calendar. |
| (4) Hyperbole | a big exaggeration made for effect | I have a thousand chores to finish before Diwali. |