Question

Choose the correct answer from the options given below.

He lay all night on his sleepless pillow.

The underlined is an example of

1. Hyperbole
2. Synecdoche
3. Transferred Epithet
4. None of the above

Answer 1

Correct Answer - Option 3 : Transferred Epithet

The correct answer is 'Transferred Epithet'.

• The underlined adjective, i.e. 'sleepless' is not qualifying the noun 'pillow' rather it is trying to say that the person who lay on the pillow was 'sleepless'.
• Therefore, the underlined is an example of transferred epithet.
• Hence, option 3) is the answer.

• Transferred Epithet: When an adjective describes or qualifies another noun apart from the noun it is actually describing is called a transferred epithet.
• Hyperbole: It is a figure of speech which uses exaggeration to highlight something.
• Synecdoche: It is a figure of speech in which a part of something is used to indicate the whole of it or vice versa.