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past year questions, CUET English 2026 6 June Shift 1

Literary Devices

past year questions, Verbal Ability, CUET English 2026 6 June Shift 1

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Identify the figure of speech used in the following lines:-

'The house was crouching on its elbows then,'

Choose the appropriate option from the ones given below:-

Solution

✅ Correct Option: 1

A house cannot crouch or have elbows; human qualities are attributed to a non-living object. This is personification. There is no comparison using 'like/as' (simile), no repeated initial sounds (alliteration), and no exaggeration (hyperbole).

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