A transferred epithet is popularly known as a/an ........

Step 1: Analyze the question The question asks for the other name for a transferred epithet, a figure of speech in which an adjective (epithet) is moved from the noun it logically describes to a different noun in the sentence.

Step 2: Explain the concept A transferred epithet is also called hypallage. The describing word is "transferred" from the person or thing it really belongs to onto something closely connected with it.

Examples:

• "He spent a sleepless night." The man is sleepless, not the night.
• "The condemned cell." The prisoner is condemned, not the cell.
• "She drank a happy cup of tea." The drinker is happy, not the cup.

Step 3: Check each option

• A. Epistrophe: repeating a word or phrase at the end of successive clauses ("...of the people, by the people, for the people" is the related anaphora/epistrophe family). Not it.
• B. Ellipsis: leaving out words that are understood ("Some like tea, others coffee"). Not it.
• C. Hypallage: the transfer of an epithet from the noun it truly describes to another noun. This is the correct match.
• D. Hendiadys: expressing one idea using two nouns joined by "and" ("nice and warm", "sound and fury"). Not it.

Step 4: Answer The correct option is C. Hypallage.

Exam tip: Think of hypallage = "shifted" adjective. If the adjective describes the wrong noun but the sentence still makes sense (a "sleepless night", a "restless chair"), it's a transferred epithet. Also remember that Hendiadys has "dys/duo" in it, meaning two words for one idea.