Question

"The strength given by my mother is bigger than the cosmic energy in this cosmos" is ____.

• A. rhyme
• B. metaphor
• C. personification
• D. hyperbole

Hint:

Check whether the sentence directly equates two unlike things using "is," which is the mark of a metaphor.

Answer 1

The Correct Option is B

This question checks the difference between metaphor, hyperbole, personification and rhyme using one sentence.

1. rhyme: Rhyme needs matching end sounds in lines of verse. This is a plain sentence with no matching end sounds, so rhyme does not apply.
2. metaphor: A metaphor directly compares two unlike things without using "like" or "as," treating one as if it were the other. Here the mother's strength is directly equated with cosmic energy, an implicit comparison between two different kinds of "power," which is exactly how a metaphor works.
3. personification: This gives human traits to non-human things, such as "the wind whispered." Cosmic energy is not being given human behavior here, it is being compared to strength, so this does not fit.
4. hyperbole: Hyperbole is exaggeration used for effect, like "I could eat a horse." The sentence is extreme in scale, but its core structure is a direct comparison between two things (strength and cosmic energy), which is the mark of a metaphor rather than plain exaggeration.

Since the sentence equates one thing (a mother's strength) with another (cosmic energy) without using "like" or "as," it works as a metaphor, so option B is correct.