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Match the expressions given in List-I with the correct figures of spe…

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

List-I (Expressions)	List-II (Figures of Speech)
(A) How like a winter hath my absence been from thee.'	(I) Alliteration
(B) The rain poured down the wedding guests, indifferent to their plans.	(II) Metaphor
(C) Crooks conspire with the crooked king.	(III) Personification
(D) But soft what light through yonder window breaks, it is east and Juliet is the sun.	(IV) Simile

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:-

Answer & explanation

Correct answer: option 3

The correct answer is Option (3) → (A)-(IV), (B)-(III), (C)-(I), (D)-(II)

List-I (Expressions)	List-II (Figures of Speech)	Explanation
(A) How like a winter hath my absence been from thee.'	(IV) Simile	A Simile is a comparison between two unlike things using the words like or as. Here, absence is compared to winter using "like."
(B) The rain poured down the wedding guests, indifferent to their plans.	(III) Personification	Personification gives human qualities or feelings to inanimate objects or abstract ideas. Here, the non-living rain is described as being indifferent (a human emotion).
(C) Crooks conspire with the crooked king.	(I) Alliteration	Alliteration is the repetition of the same sound or letter at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words (e.g., 'C' in Crooks, conspire, crooked).
(D) But soft what light through yonder window breaks, it is east and Juliet is the sun.	(II) Metaphor	A Metaphor is a direct comparison between two unlike things without using "like" or "as." Here, Juliet is directly equated with the sun.

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

List-I (Expressions)	List-II (Figures of Speech)
(A) How like a winter hath my absence been from thee.'	(I) Alliteration
(B) The rain poured down the wedding guests, indifferent to their plans.	(II) Metaphor
(C) Crooks conspire with the crooked king.	(III) Personification
(D) But soft what light through yonder window breaks, it is east and Juliet is the sun.	(IV) Simile

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:-

Answer & explanation

Correct answer: option 3

The correct answer is Option (3) → (A)-(IV), (B)-(III), (C)-(I), (D)-(II)

List-I (Expressions)	List-II (Figures of Speech)	Explanation
(A) How like a winter hath my absence been from thee.'	(IV) Simile	A Simile is a comparison between two unlike things using the words like or as. Here, absence is compared to winter using "like."
(B) The rain poured down the wedding guests, indifferent to their plans.	(III) Personification	Personification gives human qualities or feelings to inanimate objects or abstract ideas. Here, the non-living rain is described as being indifferent (a human emotion).
(C) Crooks conspire with the crooked king.	(I) Alliteration	Alliteration is the repetition of the same sound or letter at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words (e.g., 'C' in Crooks, conspire, crooked).
(D) But soft what light through yonder window breaks, it is east and Juliet is the sun.	(II) Metaphor	A Metaphor is a direct comparison between two unlike things without using "like" or "as." Here, Juliet is directly equated with the sun.