Question

He pointed an angry finger at me.' (a) Litotes (b) Oxymoron (c) Transferred Epithet (d) Pun​

Answer 1

Answer:

(c) Transferred Epithet.

Explanation:

A transferred epithet is a figure of speech where the modifier (usually an adjective) is taken to modify other nouns in the sentence. In other words, a transferred epithet modifies a noun in a sentence other than the intended noun. This means that it describes a noun that was not initially supposed to modify.

In the given sentence "he pointed an angry finger at me", the adjective "angry" was supposed to modify the pronoun "he". But with the placement of the word nearer to another noun "finger", it seems like it is describing the 'finger' rather than the person 'he'.

Thus, this sentence is an example of a transferred epithet.