Match the figures of speech in List-I with the sentences in List-II.
| List-I (Figures of speech) | List-II (Sentences) |
|---|---|
| (A) Oxymoron | (I) The baby’s cheeks were as round as fresh laddoos. |
| (B) Alliteration | (II) Bunty bought big blue balloons for his baby brother’s birthday. |
| (C) Simile | (III) O Lucknow, city of my childhood, how often I dream of your narrow lanes! |
| (D) Apostrophe | (IV) When a cockroach ran across her pillow, Neha let out a silent scream. |
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 4
The correct answer is Option (4) → (A)-(IV), (B)-(II), (C)-(I), (D)-(III)
| List-I | List-II | Explanation |
|---|---|---|
| (A) Oxymoron | (IV) When a cockroach ran across her pillow, Neha let out a silent scream. | An oxymoron puts two opposite words side by side. “Silent” means without sound, and a “scream” is a loud sound. Neha was so shocked that no sound came out. |
| (B) Alliteration | (II) Bunty bought big blue balloons for his baby brother’s birthday. | Alliteration is the same first sound repeated in words that are close together. The “b” sound opens “Bunty”, “bought”, “big”, “blue”, “balloons”, “baby”, “brother’s” and “birthday”. |
| (C) Simile | (I) The baby’s cheeks were as round as fresh laddoos. | A simile compares two different things using “like” or “as”. The baby’s cheeks are compared to laddoos with “as round as”. |
| (D) Apostrophe | (III) O Lucknow, city of my childhood, how often I dream of your narrow lanes! | In an apostrophe, the speaker talks directly to a thing or a place as if it can hear. The speaker talks to the city: “O Lucknow” and “your narrow lanes”. |