Match the phrases given in List-I with the figure of speech given in…

Match the phrases given in List-I with the figure of speech given in List-II

List-I	List-II
(A) An ambassador is an honest man who lies abroad for the welfare of his country.	(I) Antithesis
(B) Death lays his icy hands on kings	(II) Metaphor
(C) Give every man thy ear, but few thy voice.	(III) Personification
(D) The painter has left his imprints on the sands of time.	(IV) Pun

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Answer & explanation

Correct answer: option 2

The correct answer is Option (2) → (A) - (IV), (B) - (III), (C) - (I), (D) - (II)

List-I	List-II	Explanation	Example
(A) An ambassador is an honest man who lies abroad for the welfare of his country.	(IV) Pun	A pun is a play on a word that has two meanings, used for humour. "Lies" means both lives (lies abroad = lives in a foreign country) and tells lies, so the line jokes that an honest man tells lies for his country. The definition is by the English diplomat Sir Henry Wotton.	A bicycle cannot stand on its own because it is two-tired.
(B) Death lays his icy hands on kings	(III) Personification	Personification gives human form, qualities or actions to an idea or a thing. Death is given "his icy hands" and lays them on kings, as a person would. The line is from James Shirley's poem "Death the Leveller".	The wind howled all night.
(C) Give every man thy ear, but few thy voice.	(I) Antithesis	Antithesis sets contrasting ideas side by side in a balanced structure. "Every man" is set against "few", and "ear" (listening) against "voice" (speaking). It is Polonius's advice to his son in Shakespeare's "Hamlet".	To err is human, to forgive divine.
(D) The painter has left his imprints on the sands of time.	(II) Metaphor	A metaphor is a comparison made without "like" or "as", saying that one thing is another. Time is spoken of as sand, and the painter's lasting fame as footprints left on it.	The classroom was a zoo before the teacher arrived.

Match the phrases given in List-I with the figure of speech given in List-II

List-I	List-II
(A) An ambassador is an honest man who lies abroad for the welfare of his country.	(I) Antithesis
(B) Death lays his icy hands on kings	(II) Metaphor
(C) Give every man thy ear, but few thy voice.	(III) Personification
(D) The painter has left his imprints on the sands of time.	(IV) Pun

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Answer & explanation

Correct answer: option 2

The correct answer is Option (2) → (A) - (IV), (B) - (III), (C) - (I), (D) - (II)

List-I	List-II	Explanation	Example
(A) An ambassador is an honest man who lies abroad for the welfare of his country.	(IV) Pun	A pun is a play on a word that has two meanings, used for humour. "Lies" means both lives (lies abroad = lives in a foreign country) and tells lies, so the line jokes that an honest man tells lies for his country. The definition is by the English diplomat Sir Henry Wotton.	A bicycle cannot stand on its own because it is two-tired.
(B) Death lays his icy hands on kings	(III) Personification	Personification gives human form, qualities or actions to an idea or a thing. Death is given "his icy hands" and lays them on kings, as a person would. The line is from James Shirley's poem "Death the Leveller".	The wind howled all night.
(C) Give every man thy ear, but few thy voice.	(I) Antithesis	Antithesis sets contrasting ideas side by side in a balanced structure. "Every man" is set against "few", and "ear" (listening) against "voice" (speaking). It is Polonius's advice to his son in Shakespeare's "Hamlet".	To err is human, to forgive divine.
(D) The painter has left his imprints on the sands of time.	(II) Metaphor	A metaphor is a comparison made without "like" or "as", saying that one thing is another. Time is spoken of as sand, and the painter's lasting fame as footprints left on it.	The classroom was a zoo before the teacher arrived.