What literary device does Shakespeare use in the following lines from Macbeth? “Is this a dagger which I see before me, the handle toward my hand? Come, let me clutch thee. I have thee not, and yet I see thee still.”

a
apostrophe
b
cliffhanger
c
anaphora
d
simile

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In the lines from Macbeth, Shakespeare uses a) apostrophe. Apostrophe is a literary device where a speaker addresses someone or something that is not present or cannot respond. In this case, Macbeth is addressing the dagger, which he perceives but cannot actually grasp.

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