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Identify the figure of speech in the following sentence:
The bird was a star shooting across the sky.
  1. Personification
  2. Synecdoche
  3. Metaphor
  4. Simile

A
Metaphor
B
Synecdoche
C
Personification
D
Simile
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The correct option is D Metaphor
'Metaphor' is a literary device / figure of speech in which a word or a phrase is given / applied to an action, object or event where it is not literally applicable. In simpler terms, a metaphor is a comparison that is drawn between two completely unrelated things. In this case, the bird has been likened to a shooting star due to how it flies through the sky, which cannot be literally true. Thus, the correct answer is Option D) - Metaphor. All the remaining options are also literary devices, but they have not been used in the given sentence.

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