From the given options, select the Figure of Speech (Poetic Device) used in the expression:

"Tom and Jerry share a love-hate relationship"

Oxymoron

The figure of speech (poetic device) used in the expression "Tom and Jerry share a love-hate relationship" is Oxymoron. (Option 3)

Explanation:

• Oxymoron is a figure of speech in which contradictory terms are combined to create a paradoxical effect. In this case, "love-hate relationship" combines contradictory feelings (love and hate) to describe the complex and conflicting nature of the relationship between Tom and Jerry.

The other options are defined as follows:

• Personification involves giving human-like qualities to non-human entities or objects.
• Metaphor involves making a direct comparison between two unrelated things, suggesting that one thing is another.
• Simile involves comparing two unlike things using the words "like" or "as."