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(Simile/Repetition/Antithesis/Personification/Metaphor/Alliteration/Apostrophe) “If you can meet with Triumph and Disaster and treat those two imposters just the same”

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Identify the Figures of speech used from those given in the bracket.

(Simile/Repetition/Antithesis/Personification/Metaphor/Alliteration/Apostrophe)

“If you can meet with Triumph and Disaster and treat those two imposters just the same”

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Solution

  1. Alliteration: Repeated sound of ‘t’ 
  2.  Antithesis: Use of two opposite ideas ‘triumph’ and ‘disaster’ in the same line for dramatic effect.
  3. Metaphor: ‘Triumph and Disaster’ are indirectly compared to ‘imposters’.
  4. Personification: Non-living things ‘triumph and disaster’ are given the human quality of being ‘imposters’.
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Chapter 3.1: If ... - English Workshop [Page 89]

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Balbharati English Coursebook Standard 10 Maharashtra State Board
Chapter 3.1 If ...
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