Read the following and identify the figures of speech used in the sam…

The correct answer is Option (4) → alliteration, simile, personification

Figures of speech in the sentence:

• Alliteration is the repetition of the same consonant sound at the start of nearby words: "Time tiptoed".
• Simile is a direct comparison using "like" or "as": "slept like logs" compares the sleepers to logs, which lie still and heavy.
• Personification gives a human action or quality to something that is not human: Time is said to tiptoe, the way a person walks quietly so as not to wake anyone.

The other figures of speech named in the options:

• Metaphor: a comparison made without "like" or "as", saying that one thing is another.
  Example: Time is a thief.
• Irony: words that mean the opposite of what they say, or an outcome opposite to what is expected.
  Example: The fire station burned down.
• Onomatopoeia: a word that imitates the sound it names.
  Example: The bees buzzed around the hive.
• Paradox: a statement that seems to contradict itself but holds a truth.
  Example: The more you learn, the less you know.
• Anaphora: the same word or phrase repeated at the start of successive clauses or lines.
  Example: Every day I work, and every day I wait.

Why the Other Options are Incorrect?

Option 1: metaphor, personification, irony — Incorrect.

• Personification is present, but the comparison uses "like", so it is a simile, not a metaphor (a metaphor compares without "like" or "as").
• There is no irony: nothing is said that means the opposite of what is meant.

Option 2: onomatopoeia, paradox, simile — Incorrect.

• The simile is present, but there is no onomatopoeia: no word imitates a sound (as "buzz" or "bang" do).
• There is no paradox: no statement seems to contradict itself.

Option 3: alliteration, anaphora, simile — Incorrect.

• Alliteration and simile are present, but there is no anaphora: no word or phrase is repeated at the start of successive clauses.
• It leaves out the personification in "Time tiptoed".

Contrast: a simile compares with "like" or "as" ("slept like logs"). A metaphor compares without them.