EnglishFigure of Speech

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Match the figures of speech in List-I with the correct examples from List-II

List-I Figure of Speech	List-II Examples
(A) Simile	(I) The school bus had thousands of students.
(B) Hyperbole	(II) She is like a beautiful yellow sunflower.
(C) Metaphor	(III) The books danced in the breeze.
(D) Personification	(IV) She is the tiger of her tribe.

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Answer & explanation

Correct answer: option 4

The correct answer is Option (4) → (A)-(II), (B)-(I), (C)-(IV), (D)-(III)

List-I Figure of Speech	List-II Examples	Explanation
(A) Simile	(II) She is like a beautiful yellow sunflower.	A Simile makes a direct comparison between two unlike things using the words 'like' or 'as'.
(B) Hyperbole	(I) The school bus had thousands of students.	Hyperbole is an exaggeration used for emphasis or effect. A bus cannot realistically hold thousands of students.
(C) Metaphor	(IV) She is the tiger of her tribe.	A Metaphor makes an indirect comparison by stating that one thing is another. (She is compared directly to a tiger without 'like' or 'as').
(D) Personification	(III) The books danced in the breeze.	Personification gives human qualities or actions (like dancing) to inanimate objects (like books).

Match the figures of speech in List-I with the correct examples from List-II

List-I Figure of Speech	List-II Examples
(A) Simile	(I) The school bus had thousands of students.
(B) Hyperbole	(II) She is like a beautiful yellow sunflower.
(C) Metaphor	(III) The books danced in the breeze.
(D) Personification	(IV) She is the tiger of her tribe.

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Answer & explanation

Correct answer: option 4

The correct answer is Option (4) → (A)-(II), (B)-(I), (C)-(IV), (D)-(III)

List-I Figure of Speech	List-II Examples	Explanation
(A) Simile	(II) She is like a beautiful yellow sunflower.	A Simile makes a direct comparison between two unlike things using the words 'like' or 'as'.
(B) Hyperbole	(I) The school bus had thousands of students.	Hyperbole is an exaggeration used for emphasis or effect. A bus cannot realistically hold thousands of students.
(C) Metaphor	(IV) She is the tiger of her tribe.	A Metaphor makes an indirect comparison by stating that one thing is another. (She is compared directly to a tiger without 'like' or 'as').
(D) Personification	(III) The books danced in the breeze.	Personification gives human qualities or actions (like dancing) to inanimate objects (like books).