Question

Point out the figure of speech used in the sentence given below.

My child has become a couch potato.

1. Metaphor
2. Personification
3. Hyperbole
4. Idiom

Answer 1

Correct Answer - Option 1 : Metaphor

The correct answer is option 1.

• A Metaphor is a figure of speech that makes an implicit, implied, or hidden comparison between two things that are unrelated, but which share some common characteristics. 
• In the given sentence, the child is compared to a couch potato because he has become lazy.
• So, metaphor is the correct answer.

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• Personification:  a figure of speech in which a thing – an idea or an animal – is given human attributes. Example: Opportunity was knocking her door. (Here we are giving human quality of knocking to object of opportunities, so, personification is used)
• Hyperbole: A way of speaking or writing that makes someone or something sound bigger, better, more, etc. than they are. It is an overstatement that exaggerates a particular condition for emphasis. Example of Hyperbole: I’m so hungry I could eat a horse.
• Idiom: A set expression or a phrase comprising two or more words. An interesting fact regarding the device is that the expression is not interpreted literally. The phrase is understood to mean something quite different from what individual words of the phrase would imply. Example: Blessing in disguise