Match the sentences in List-I with the figures of speech in List-II.
| List-I (Sentences) | List-II (Figures of speech) |
|---|---|
| (A) All night the monsoon rain knocked on our windows, begging to be let in. | (I) Metonymy |
| (B) When the retired cricket coach opened a bakery, he promised every customer a good batter. | (II) Climax |
| (C) Lata cleared the school exam, then the state entrance test, and at last became the first doctor her village had ever had. | (III) Personification |
| (D) On Sunday afternoons Didi curls up on the sofa with a cup of chai and reads Premchand. | (IV) Pun |
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 3
The correct answer is Option (3) → (A)-(III), (B)-(IV), (C)-(II), (D)-(I)
| List-I | List-II | Explanation |
|---|---|---|
| (A) All night the monsoon rain knocked on our windows, begging to be let in. | (III) Personification | Personification gives human qualities or actions to a thing, an animal or an idea. Rain cannot knock or beg, but here it does both like a person. |
| (B) When the retired cricket coach opened a bakery, he promised every customer a good batter. | (IV) Pun | A pun is a play on a word that has two meanings. “Batter” is the mixture used for cakes and also a player who bats, which suits a cricket coach who runs a bakery. |
| (C) Lata cleared the school exam, then the state entrance test, and at last became the first doctor her village had ever had. | (II) Climax | In a climax, ideas are arranged in rising order of importance. Lata moves up from a school exam to a state test and finally to becoming the first doctor of her village. |
| (D) On Sunday afternoons Didi curls up on the sofa with a cup of chai and reads Premchand. | (I) Metonymy | Metonymy uses the name of one thing for something closely linked to it. “Premchand” stands for the stories and novels Premchand wrote. |