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) Metaphor	(I) Sometimes the quickest way to finish a long task is to slow down.
(B) Irony	(II) Priya picked a packet of pink peppermints from the shelf.
(C) Paradox	(III) My little brother is a walking dictionary of cricket scores.
(D) Alliteration	(IV) The officer who came to give a talk on punctuality reached the hall an hour late.

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Answer & explanation

Correct answer: option 1

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

List-I	List-II	Explanation
(A) Metaphor	(III) My little brother is a walking dictionary of cricket scores.	A metaphor compares two things by saying one thing is the other, without “like” or “as”. The brother is called a “walking dictionary” because he knows so many scores.
(B) Irony	(IV) The officer who came to give a talk on punctuality reached the hall an hour late.	Irony is when what happens is the opposite of what we expect. A man who talks about being on time should come on time. Instead, he came an hour late.
(C) Paradox	(I) Sometimes the quickest way to finish a long task is to slow down.	A paradox is a statement that seems to go against itself but has some truth in it. “Quickest” and “slow down” seem to clash. But working slowly and carefully can save time spent on mistakes.
(D) Alliteration	(II) Priya picked a packet of pink peppermints from the shelf.	Alliteration is the same first sound repeated in words that are close together. Here the “p” sound comes again and again: Priya, picked, packet, pink, peppermints.

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

List-I (Figures of speech)	List-II (Sentences)
(A) Metaphor	(I) Sometimes the quickest way to finish a long task is to slow down.
(B) Irony	(II) Priya picked a packet of pink peppermints from the shelf.
(C) Paradox	(III) My little brother is a walking dictionary of cricket scores.
(D) Alliteration	(IV) The officer who came to give a talk on punctuality reached the hall an hour late.

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Answer & explanation

Correct answer: option 1

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

List-I	List-II	Explanation
(A) Metaphor	(III) My little brother is a walking dictionary of cricket scores.	A metaphor compares two things by saying one thing is the other, without “like” or “as”. The brother is called a “walking dictionary” because he knows so many scores.
(B) Irony	(IV) The officer who came to give a talk on punctuality reached the hall an hour late.	Irony is when what happens is the opposite of what we expect. A man who talks about being on time should come on time. Instead, he came an hour late.
(C) Paradox	(I) Sometimes the quickest way to finish a long task is to slow down.	A paradox is a statement that seems to go against itself but has some truth in it. “Quickest” and “slow down” seem to clash. But working slowly and carefully can save time spent on mistakes.
(D) Alliteration	(II) Priya picked a packet of pink peppermints from the shelf.	Alliteration is the same first sound repeated in words that are close together. Here the “p” sound comes again and again: Priya, picked, packet, pink, peppermints.