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From the given options select the figure of speech (poetic device) used in the expression.

Elsa became the benevolent beast of the forest

(1) Simile

(2) Personification

(3) Oxymoron

(4) Pun

Solution

Correct Option: 3

The expression Elsa became the benevolent beast of the forest pairs the contradictory ideas of being benevolent (kind) and being a beast (fierce/wild). Such a combination of apparently contradictory terms is an Oxymoron.

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