Match the figures of speech given in List-I with the sentences given in List-II.
| List-I (Figures of speech) | List-II (Sentences) |
| (A) Simile | (I) The old house groaned in the wind. |
| (B) Metaphor | (II) Her smile is as bright as the sun. |
| (C) Personification | (III) Sly snakes slither slowly. |
| (D) Alliteration | (IV) The whole world is a stage. |
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 4
The correct answer is Option (4) → (A) - (II), (B) - (IV), (C) - (I), (D) - (III)
| List-I | List-II | Explanation | Example |
|---|---|---|---|
| A. Simile | II. Her smile is as bright as the sun. | A simile openly compares two different things using "like" or "as". Her smile is compared with the sun through "as bright as". | He is as brave as a lion. |
| B. Metaphor | IV. The whole world is a stage. | A metaphor says that one thing is another, without "like" or "as". The world is called a stage, on which people play their parts. | Life is a journey. |
| C. Personification | I. The old house groaned in the wind. | Personification gives human actions or feelings to non-human things. A house cannot groan; the human action "groaned" is given to it. | The leaves danced in the breeze. |
| D. Alliteration | III. Sly snakes slither slowly. | Alliteration is the repetition of the same first consonant sound in nearby words: the "s" sound in sly, snakes, slither, slowly. | Wild winds whistle through the woods. |