Select the Figure of Speech in the following sentence from options given below:
He passed a sleepless night.
Select the Figure of Speech in the following sentence from options given below:
He passed a sleepless night.
Solution
✅ Correct Option: 3
A night cannot literally be sleepless; it is the person who could not sleep. The adjective 'sleepless' is shifted from the person to the night, which is the definition of a transferred epithet.
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