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Literary Devices

past year questions, Verbal Ability, CUET English 2026 24 May Shift 1

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Choose the correct Figure of Speech used in the sentence from the given options.

I don't believe you; your explanation is a fairy tale.

Solution

✅ Correct Option: 2

Answer: Euphemism

Calling the explanation "a fairy tale" is a softened way of saying it is a lie. The harsh word is swapped for a gentler, more indirect one, which is exactly what a euphemism does.

Why the others are incorrect:

Oxymoron needs two contradictory terms placed together, like "deafening silence." There is no such pairing here.

Metonymy substitutes a closely associated thing for the thing itself, like "the crown" for the monarchy. "Fairy tale" is not an attribute or adjunct of a lie in that way.

Personification gives human qualities to something non-human. Nothing inanimate is acting human in this sentence.

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