Match the figures of speech in List-I with the sentences in List-II.
| List-I (Figures of speech) | List-II (Sentences) |
|---|---|
| (A) Pun | (I) The village astrologer says that, after a slow year, his business is finally looking up. |
| (B) Euphemism | (II) Every morning she ran, every evening she practised, every night she dreamed of the national team. |
| (C) Anaphora | (III) The inspector found that the shopkeeper had been a little careless with the weight of his rice bags. |
| (D) Epigram | (IV) A smartphone connects us to everyone except the people sitting at the same table. |
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 3
The correct answer is Option (3) → (A)-(I), (B)-(III), (C)-(II), (D)-(IV)
| List-I | List-II | Explanation |
|---|---|---|
| (A) Pun | (I) The village astrologer says that, after a slow year, his business is finally looking up. | A pun is a play on a word that has two meanings. “Looking up” means “getting better”. For an astrologer, it also means looking up at the stars. |
| (B) Euphemism | (III) The inspector found that the shopkeeper had been a little careless with the weight of his rice bags. | A euphemism is a soft, polite way of saying something unpleasant. “A little careless” is a gentle way of saying that the shopkeeper cheated his customers. |
| (C) Anaphora | (II) Every morning she ran, every evening she practised, every night she dreamed of the national team. | In anaphora, the same word or words are repeated at the start of clauses that follow one another. “Every” begins all three clauses. |
| (D) Epigram | (IV) A smartphone connects us to everyone except the people sitting at the same table. | An epigram is a short, clever saying with a twist. A phone should bring people closer. The twist is that it cuts us off from the people right next to us. |