Name the figure of speech in this line.
"He lay all night on a sleepless pillow."

OxymoronCorrect answerYour answerSimileCorrect answerYour answerTransferred epithetCorrect answerYour answerOnomatopoeiaCorrect answerYour answer

Show the answer and explanation

CorrectNot quiteAnswer C

Correct answer: C

A pillow cannot be sleepless; the man was. Moving a describing word from the person it belongs to onto a nearby thing is a transferred epithet.

Worth noting

An oxymoron needs two opposite words together. "Sleepless" and "pillow" are not opposites.

Ten questions from Figures of speech, at your own pace.

Ten questions from Figures of speech, at your own pace.

Name the figure of speech in this line."He lay all night on a sleepless pillow."