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Identify the figure of speech in the sentence, "The world is a stage, and all the men and women merely players."

ASimile

BMetaphor

CPersonification

DAlliteration

Answer:

B. Metaphor

Read Explanation:

  • Simile: It's like saying something is similar to something else, using words like "like" or "as."
    • For example, "Her smile is like sunshine./അവളുടെ പുഞ്ചിരി സൂര്യപ്രകാശം പോലെയാണ്.
  • Metaphor: It's a way to directly say something is something else to create a comparison.
  • ഒരു കാര്യം മറ്റൊന്നാണ് എന്ന് പറയൽ. അതായത് ഉദാഹരണത്തിന് എന്റെ മുടി പൂവാണ്, പൂവ് പോലെ എന്നല്ല പൂവ് തന്നെ എന്ന് പറയുന്നത്  
    • In this sentence, it's comparing the world to a stage, saying it's similar to a stage but not using "like" or "as."
  • Personification: This is when we give human qualities (മാനുഷിക ഗുണങ്ങൾ) to things that aren't human.മനുഷ്യൻ ചെയ്യുന്ന കാര്യം മറ്റു living or non-living things ചെയ്യുന്നതിന് പറയുന്നു. 
    • For example, saying "The wind whispered/കാറ്റ് മന്ത്രിച്ചു" is giving the wind a human quality of whispering.
  • Alliteration: This is when words start with the same sound, like "Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers." (p sound) 

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