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Select the Figure of Speech in the following sentence from options given below: He passed a sleepless night. |
Pun Metaphor Transferred Epithet Hyperbole |
Transferred Epithet |
| A Transferred Epithet is a figure of speech in which an adjective or adverb is transferred from the noun it describes to another noun in the sentence. In the given sentence "He passed a sleepless night", the adjective "sleepless" is transferred from the noun "night" to the subject "he". It is not the person who is sleepless, but rather the night that is sleepless, yet the sleeplessness is attributed to the person who experienced it. This figure of speech is often used to create a vivid image in the reader's mind and to emphasize a particular feeling or emotion. |
