Literary Works / Figures of Speech
Class 12 / General English
Literary Works / Figures of Speech
Question 4 of 5Book: TN-ENG-12Chapter 3
Identify the figure of speech in the line: "All the world's a stage"
A
Simile
B
Metaphor
C
Personification
D
Oxymoron
Correct AnswerB.
Metaphor
Explanation
In this famous line from William Shakespeare's As You Like It, the world is directly equated to a theatrical stage without using comparative markers like as or like This implicit comparison defines a metaphor.