From the given options, select the Figure of Speech (Poetic Device) used in the expression:
Ask for me tomorrow, and you shall find me a grave man.
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 2
The correct answer is Option (2) → Pun
The word "grave" means serious. A grave is also the place where a dead person is buried. The speaker is dying. "A grave man" means a serious man, and it also hints that he will be in his grave tomorrow.
| Figure | What it is | Example |
|---|---|---|
| (1) Simile | compares two things using "like" or "as" | Her voice is as sweet as honey. |
| (2) Pun (answer) | a play on words. One word carries two meanings at the same time | I never trust the stairs because they are always up to something. |
| (3) Metaphor | calls one thing by the name of another | The classroom was a zoo before the bell. |
| (4) Apostrophe | addresses someone absent, or a thing, as if it could hear | O Death, why do you come so soon? |