Question
What does "The world is a stage" mean?
The correct answer is
Metaphor
The line directly equates the world with a stage without using "like" or "as", which is the defining feature of a metaphor rather than a simile. Hence "the world is a stage" is classified as a metaphor.
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Important Questions from Figure of speech/Literary Devices
Identify the figure of speech in the following statement.
It was the best of times, It was the worst of times.
Identify the figure of speech in the following statement.
Love is an ideal thing, marriage is a real thing.
Using softer sounding words to avoid bluntness is called
The statement, “If I told you once, I’ve told you a million times________” is an example of
A poem consisting of four lines, or four lines of a poem that can be considered as a unit
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