From the given options, select the Figure of Speech (Poetic Device) used in the expression:
"Tom and Jerry share a love-hate relationship"
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 3
The correct answer is Option (3) → Oxymoron
In "a love-hate relationship", the opposites love and hate are joined to show that Tom and Jerry both like and dislike each other.
| Option | What it is | Example |
|---|---|---|
| (1) Personification | Personification gives human qualities to a thing or idea. The line describes a relationship. It does not turn a thing into a person. | The sun smiled on the fields. |
| (2) Metaphor | A metaphor says one thing is another. The line makes no such comparison. | The exam hall was an oven in May. |
| (3) Oxymoron (answer) | An oxymoron places two words of opposite meaning side by side for effect. The apparent contradiction expresses a mixed feeling or a deeper truth. | The play was a tragic comedy. |
| (4) Simile | A simile compares using "like" or "as". Neither word is in the line. | He ran as fast as the wind. |