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

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

List-I (Sentences)	List-II (Figures of speech)
(A) On the morning of the board exams, Dadi’s kitchen is a war room of lists, tiffins and last-minute advice.	(I) Transferred epithet
(B) Like a modern Narad Muni, Pinky aunty carries every bit of gossip from one balcony to the next.	(II) Metonymy
(C) Ramesh’s uncle lost his shop, his savings and finally his family to the bottle.	(III) Metaphor
(D) On her first night in the hostel, Swati unpacked her homesick suitcase in silence.	(IV) Allusion

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)-(II), (D)-(I)

List-I	List-II	Explanation
(A) On the morning of the board exams, Dadi’s kitchen is a war room of lists, tiffins and last-minute advice.	(III) Metaphor	A metaphor says that one thing is another, without “like” or “as”. The kitchen is called “a war room”, a room where plans for a battle are made. On exam day, everything is planned there with the same care.
(B) Like a modern Narad Muni, Pinky aunty carries every bit of gossip from one balcony to the next.	(IV) Allusion	An allusion is a short reference to a well-known person, story or event. Narad Muni, in the old stories, carries news from one place to another and often starts quarrels.
(C) Ramesh’s uncle lost his shop, his savings and finally his family to the bottle.	(II) Metonymy	Metonymy uses the name of one thing for something closely linked to it. “The bottle” stands for drinking alcohol.
(D) On her first night in the hostel, Swati unpacked her homesick suitcase in silence.	(I) Transferred epithet	In a transferred epithet, a describing word is moved from a person to a thing linked to them. Swati is homesick, not her suitcase.

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

List-I (Sentences)	List-II (Figures of speech)
(A) On the morning of the board exams, Dadi’s kitchen is a war room of lists, tiffins and last-minute advice.	(I) Transferred epithet
(B) Like a modern Narad Muni, Pinky aunty carries every bit of gossip from one balcony to the next.	(II) Metonymy
(C) Ramesh’s uncle lost his shop, his savings and finally his family to the bottle.	(III) Metaphor
(D) On her first night in the hostel, Swati unpacked her homesick suitcase in silence.	(IV) Allusion

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)-(II), (D)-(I)

List-I	List-II	Explanation
(A) On the morning of the board exams, Dadi’s kitchen is a war room of lists, tiffins and last-minute advice.	(III) Metaphor	A metaphor says that one thing is another, without “like” or “as”. The kitchen is called “a war room”, a room where plans for a battle are made. On exam day, everything is planned there with the same care.
(B) Like a modern Narad Muni, Pinky aunty carries every bit of gossip from one balcony to the next.	(IV) Allusion	An allusion is a short reference to a well-known person, story or event. Narad Muni, in the old stories, carries news from one place to another and often starts quarrels.
(C) Ramesh’s uncle lost his shop, his savings and finally his family to the bottle.	(II) Metonymy	Metonymy uses the name of one thing for something closely linked to it. “The bottle” stands for drinking alcohol.
(D) On her first night in the hostel, Swati unpacked her homesick suitcase in silence.	(I) Transferred epithet	In a transferred epithet, a describing word is moved from a person to a thing linked to them. Swati is homesick, not her suitcase.