From the given options, select the Figure of Speech (Poetic Device) used in the expression:
The lightning, danced across the sky
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 2
The correct answer is Option (2) → Personification
Dancing is a human action. In “The lightning danced across the sky”, the lightning is described as if it were a dancer, which conveys its quick, flickering movement.
| Option | What it is | Example |
|---|---|---|
| (1) Oxymoron | An oxymoron joins two words of opposite meaning. There are no opposite words in the line. | The play was a bittersweet story of love and loss. |
| (2) Personification (answer) | Personification is giving human qualities or actions to something that is not human. | The sun smiled down on the fields. |
| (3) Simile | A simile needs “like” or “as” to compare two things. The line has neither. | He is as brave as a lion. |
| (4) Pun | A pun plays on a word with two meanings. “Danced” has only one meaning here. | A boiled egg every morning is hard to beat. |