When Rosencrantz asks Hamlet what he has done with Polonius’s body, he says he has:

“(Compounded) with dust, whereto ‘tis kin.”
—Hamlet, act 4, scene 2

This response is an example of what device in literature?

onomatopoeia

personification

understatement

allusion

Question

When Rosencrantz asks Hamlet what he has done with Polonius’s body, he says he has: 

“(Compounded) with dust, whereto ‘tis kin.” 
—Hamlet, act 4, scene 2

This response is an example of what device in literature?
		
onomatopoeia
		
personification
		
understatement
		
allusion

kash_thesmartguy · Answer

Personification means comparing a non-human thing to human.

anonymous · Answer

so its personification?

kash_thesmartguy · Answer

No. You find out.

kash_thesmartguy · Answer

Onomatopoeia means that the word means like it sounds. Examples include: cuckoo, sizzle, meow etc.

kash_thesmartguy · Answer

Allusion means an expression designed to call something to mind without mentioning it explicitly; an indirect or passing reference.

kash_thesmartguy · Answer

Understatement means an expression designed to call something to mind without mentioning it explicitly; an indirect or passing reference.

anonymous · Answer

I understand what all these means I just dont understand hamlet and shakespeare's language.