Name the figure of speech in this line by William Shakespeare.
"Cowards die many times before their deaths."

SimileCorrect answerYour answerOnomatopoeiaCorrect answerYour answerOxymoronCorrect answerYour answerParadoxCorrect answerYour answer

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CorrectNot quiteAnswer D

Correct answer: D

No one can die more than once, so the line seems impossible. But it is true in its way: a coward suffers death in fear again and again. A statement that seems absurd but holds a truth is a paradox.

Worth noting

An oxymoron puts two opposite words side by side, as in "open secret". Here it is the whole statement that seems impossible.

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Name the figure of speech in this line by William Shakespeare."Cowards die many times before their deaths."