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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	List-II	Explanation	Example
(A) How like a winter hath my absence been from thee.'	(IV) Simile	A simile compares two things using "like" or "as". The time of absence is compared to a winter with "like".	He fought like a lion in the final round.
(B) The rain poured down the wedding guests, indifferent to their plans.	(III) Personification	Personification gives human feelings or qualities to non-living things. Rain cannot be indifferent. Only people can.	The old door groaned as it opened.
(C) Crooks conspire with the crooked king.	(I) Alliteration	Alliteration is the repetition of the same first sound in nearby words: crooks, conspire, crooked, king all begin with a "k" sound.	Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.
(D) But soft what light through yonder window breaks, it is east and Juliet is the sun.	(II) Metaphor	A metaphor says one thing is another, without "like" or "as". Juliet is called the sun.	After the bell, the classroom was a zoo.

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	List-II	Explanation	Example
(A) How like a winter hath my absence been from thee.'	(IV) Simile	A simile compares two things using "like" or "as". The time of absence is compared to a winter with "like".	He fought like a lion in the final round.
(B) The rain poured down the wedding guests, indifferent to their plans.	(III) Personification	Personification gives human feelings or qualities to non-living things. Rain cannot be indifferent. Only people can.	The old door groaned as it opened.
(C) Crooks conspire with the crooked king.	(I) Alliteration	Alliteration is the repetition of the same first sound in nearby words: crooks, conspire, crooked, king all begin with a "k" sound.	Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.
(D) But soft what light through yonder window breaks, it is east and Juliet is the sun.	(II) Metaphor	A metaphor says one thing is another, without "like" or "as". Juliet is called the sun.	After the bell, the classroom was a zoo.