Identify the figure of speech used in the following sentence:
He ran a curious eye over the sports section in the newspaper.

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Metonymy

Synecdoche

Transferred epithet

Hyperbole

answer is C.

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Detailed Solution

When an adjective typically used to describe one item is used to describe another, this is known as a transferred epithet. A word or phrase used to define someone or something's primary quality is called an epithet. For poetic effect, the adjective "curious" that should characterise the "sports section" has been changed to the noun "eye" in the provided sentence. This is the correct response.

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