Match the sentences given in List-I with the correct figures of speec…

Match the sentences given in List-I with the correct figures of speech given in List-II:-

List-I (Sentences)	List-II (Figures of speech)
(A) The wind whispered through the trees.	(I) Alliteration
(B) A plumber's house always has a leaking tap.	(II) Oxymoron
(C)She opened her eyes to the deafening silence	(III) Irony
(D) The buzzing bees drew attention.	(IV) Personification

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Answer & explanation

Correct answer: option 1

The correct answer is Option (1) → (A)-(IV), (B)-(III), (C)-(II), (D)-(I)

List-I	List-II	Explanation	Example
(A) The wind whispered through the trees.	(IV) Personification	Personification gives human qualities or actions to something that is not human, such as an object, an animal or a force of nature. Only people can whisper. Here the wind is said to whisper, so it is treated like a person.	The old house groaned in the storm.
(B) A plumber's house always has a leaking tap.	(III) Irony	Irony shows a contrast between what is expected and what actually happens (or between what is said and what is meant). We expect a plumber, whose job is mending taps, to have perfect taps at home. His own tap leaks, the opposite of what we expect.	The fire station burnt down last night.
(C) She opened her eyes to the deafening silence	(II) Oxymoron	An oxymoron puts two words of opposite meaning side by side for effect. "Deafening" means extremely loud, while silence is the absence of sound. Together, deafening silence describes a silence so heavy that it is felt sharply.	The two friends were alone together on the empty beach.
(D) The buzzing bees drew attention.	(I) Alliteration	Alliteration is the repetition of the same consonant sound at the beginning of words close together. The b sound repeats in buzzing bees, which also echoes the sound of the bees.	Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.

Match the sentences given in List-I with the correct figures of speech given in List-II:-

List-I (Sentences)	List-II (Figures of speech)
(A) The wind whispered through the trees.	(I) Alliteration
(B) A plumber's house always has a leaking tap.	(II) Oxymoron
(C)She opened her eyes to the deafening silence	(III) Irony
(D) The buzzing bees drew attention.	(IV) Personification

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Answer & explanation

Correct answer: option 1

The correct answer is Option (1) → (A)-(IV), (B)-(III), (C)-(II), (D)-(I)

List-I	List-II	Explanation	Example
(A) The wind whispered through the trees.	(IV) Personification	Personification gives human qualities or actions to something that is not human, such as an object, an animal or a force of nature. Only people can whisper. Here the wind is said to whisper, so it is treated like a person.	The old house groaned in the storm.
(B) A plumber's house always has a leaking tap.	(III) Irony	Irony shows a contrast between what is expected and what actually happens (or between what is said and what is meant). We expect a plumber, whose job is mending taps, to have perfect taps at home. His own tap leaks, the opposite of what we expect.	The fire station burnt down last night.
(C) She opened her eyes to the deafening silence	(II) Oxymoron	An oxymoron puts two words of opposite meaning side by side for effect. "Deafening" means extremely loud, while silence is the absence of sound. Together, deafening silence describes a silence so heavy that it is felt sharply.	The two friends were alone together on the empty beach.
(D) The buzzing bees drew attention.	(I) Alliteration	Alliteration is the repetition of the same consonant sound at the beginning of words close together. The b sound repeats in buzzing bees, which also echoes the sound of the bees.	Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.