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Match the figures of speech in List-I with the sentences in List-II.L…

Match the figures of speech in List-I with the sentences in List-II.

List-I (Figures of speech)	List-II (Sentences)
(A) Irony	(I) A borrowed pen is the only gift that nobody remembers giving.
(B) Onomatopoeia	(II) Halfway up the ghat road, our old scooter went phut-phut-phut and stopped.
(C) Epigram	(III) The rumour began in the staff room, spread through the whole school, then across the town, and by evening was on the local TV news.
(D) Climax	(IV) The guest speaker on “Walk More, Drive Less” drove his car from the school gate to the stage door, fifty metres away.

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Answer & explanation

Correct answer: option 3

The correct answer is Option (3) → (A)-(IV), (B)-(II), (C)-(I), (D)-(III)

List-I	List-II	Explanation
(A) Irony	(IV) The guest speaker on “Walk More, Drive Less” drove his car from the school gate to the stage door, fifty metres away.	In irony, the opposite of what we expect happens. A man who tells people to walk more drives just “fifty metres”.
(B) Onomatopoeia	(II) Halfway up the ghat road, our old scooter went phut-phut-phut and stopped.	Onomatopoeia is a word that sounds like the sound it names. “Phut-phut-phut” copies the sound of a dying engine.
(C) Epigram	(I) A borrowed pen is the only gift that nobody remembers giving.	An epigram is a short, clever saying with a twist. A borrowed pen is never returned, so the line calls it a “gift” that the owner forgets he gave.
(D) Climax	(III) The rumour began in the staff room, spread through the whole school, then across the town, and by evening was on the local TV news.	In a climax, ideas are arranged in rising order of importance. The rumour grows step by step, from the staff room to the school, the town and finally the TV news.

Match the figures of speech in List-I with the sentences in List-II.

List-I (Figures of speech)	List-II (Sentences)
(A) Irony	(I) A borrowed pen is the only gift that nobody remembers giving.
(B) Onomatopoeia	(II) Halfway up the ghat road, our old scooter went phut-phut-phut and stopped.
(C) Epigram	(III) The rumour began in the staff room, spread through the whole school, then across the town, and by evening was on the local TV news.
(D) Climax	(IV) The guest speaker on “Walk More, Drive Less” drove his car from the school gate to the stage door, fifty metres away.

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Answer & explanation

Correct answer: option 3

The correct answer is Option (3) → (A)-(IV), (B)-(II), (C)-(I), (D)-(III)

List-I	List-II	Explanation
(A) Irony	(IV) The guest speaker on “Walk More, Drive Less” drove his car from the school gate to the stage door, fifty metres away.	In irony, the opposite of what we expect happens. A man who tells people to walk more drives just “fifty metres”.
(B) Onomatopoeia	(II) Halfway up the ghat road, our old scooter went phut-phut-phut and stopped.	Onomatopoeia is a word that sounds like the sound it names. “Phut-phut-phut” copies the sound of a dying engine.
(C) Epigram	(I) A borrowed pen is the only gift that nobody remembers giving.	An epigram is a short, clever saying with a twist. A borrowed pen is never returned, so the line calls it a “gift” that the owner forgets he gave.
(D) Climax	(III) The rumour began in the staff room, spread through the whole school, then across the town, and by evening was on the local TV news.	In a climax, ideas are arranged in rising order of importance. The rumour grows step by step, from the staff room to the school, the town and finally the TV news.