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) In this house I learnt to walk, in this house I learnt to read, in this house I learnt to say goodbye.	(I) Hyperbole
(B) Ma has packed so many laddoos in my hostel bag that I will still be eating them when I retire.	(II) Oxymoron
(C) The old wooden door of Nani’s house complains loudly every time someone opens it.	(III) Personification
(D) Dada ji proudly showed us his old new phone, a gift from Bua that had stayed in its box for five years.	(IV) Anaphora

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Answer & explanation

Correct answer: option 4

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

List-I	List-II	Explanation
(A) In this house I learnt to walk, in this house I learnt to read, in this house I learnt to say goodbye.	(IV) Anaphora	In anaphora, the same word or words are repeated at the start of clauses that follow one another. “In this house I learnt” begins all three clauses.
(B) Ma has packed so many laddoos in my hostel bag that I will still be eating them when I retire.	(I) Hyperbole	Hyperbole is a big exaggeration made for effect. No bag of laddoos can last till the speaker “retires”, many years from now.
(C) The old wooden door of Nani’s house complains loudly every time someone opens it.	(III) Personification	Personification gives human qualities or actions to a thing. The door “complains”, as a person would, when it creaks.
(D) Dada ji proudly showed us his old new phone, a gift from Bua that had stayed in its box for five years.	(II) Oxymoron	An oxymoron puts two opposite words side by side. “Old new phone” joins “old” and “new”. The phone is five years old but has hardly been used.

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

List-I (Sentences)	List-II (Figures of speech)
(A) In this house I learnt to walk, in this house I learnt to read, in this house I learnt to say goodbye.	(I) Hyperbole
(B) Ma has packed so many laddoos in my hostel bag that I will still be eating them when I retire.	(II) Oxymoron
(C) The old wooden door of Nani’s house complains loudly every time someone opens it.	(III) Personification
(D) Dada ji proudly showed us his old new phone, a gift from Bua that had stayed in its box for five years.	(IV) Anaphora

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Answer & explanation

Correct answer: option 4

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

List-I	List-II	Explanation
(A) In this house I learnt to walk, in this house I learnt to read, in this house I learnt to say goodbye.	(IV) Anaphora	In anaphora, the same word or words are repeated at the start of clauses that follow one another. “In this house I learnt” begins all three clauses.
(B) Ma has packed so many laddoos in my hostel bag that I will still be eating them when I retire.	(I) Hyperbole	Hyperbole is a big exaggeration made for effect. No bag of laddoos can last till the speaker “retires”, many years from now.
(C) The old wooden door of Nani’s house complains loudly every time someone opens it.	(III) Personification	Personification gives human qualities or actions to a thing. The door “complains”, as a person would, when it creaks.
(D) Dada ji proudly showed us his old new phone, a gift from Bua that had stayed in its box for five years.	(II) Oxymoron	An oxymoron puts two opposite words side by side. “Old new phone” joins “old” and “new”. The phone is five years old but has hardly been used.