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."
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