Which of the Following Stylistic Devices Is Used in the Following

question 30

Multiple Choice

Which of the following stylistic devices is used in the following example? “An iron curtain has descended across the Continent.” (Winston Churchill, 1946)

• A)Alliteration
• B)Simile
• C)Metaphor
• D)Antithesis
• E)Personification

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