English-2
Grade-8
Easy

Question

Find out the figures of speech used in the following.
“The child is the father of the man.”

  1. Irony
  2. Epigram
  3. Pun
  4. Synecdoche

hintHint:

Here two opposing ideas are introduced in the same line.

The correct answer is: Epigram


    Option 2 is correct.

    An Epigram is a brief pointed saying frequently introducing an tithetical ideas which excite surprise and arrest attention.

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