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) Our joint family’s WhatsApp group is a noisy market from morning till night.	(I) Metonymy
(B) On his very first day, the bank’s new security guard had his own helmet stolen from outside the bank gate.	(II) Oxymoron
(C) Isha walked up to the stage for her first debate with a confident nervousness.	(III) Metaphor
(D) Every evening after dinner, Dadi listens to Lata Mangeshkar on her old radio.	(IV) Irony

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Answer & explanation

Correct answer: option 4

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

List-I	List-II	Explanation
(A) Our joint family’s WhatsApp group is a noisy market from morning till night.	(III) Metaphor	A metaphor says that one thing is another, without “like” or “as”. The family group “is a noisy market”, full of people talking at the same time.
(B) On his very first day, the bank’s new security guard had his own helmet stolen from outside the bank gate.	(IV) Irony	In irony, the opposite of what we expect happens. The man hired to stop theft at the bank is himself robbed at its gate.
(C) Isha walked up to the stage for her first debate with a confident nervousness.	(II) Oxymoron	An oxymoron puts two opposite words side by side. “Confident” and “nervousness” are opposites. Isha looked sure of herself but was scared inside.
(D) Every evening after dinner, Dadi listens to Lata Mangeshkar on her old radio.	(I) Metonymy	Metonymy uses the name of one thing for something closely linked to it. “Lata Mangeshkar” stands for her songs. Dadi listens to the songs, not to the singer herself.

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

List-I (Sentences)	List-II (Figures of speech)
(A) Our joint family’s WhatsApp group is a noisy market from morning till night.	(I) Metonymy
(B) On his very first day, the bank’s new security guard had his own helmet stolen from outside the bank gate.	(II) Oxymoron
(C) Isha walked up to the stage for her first debate with a confident nervousness.	(III) Metaphor
(D) Every evening after dinner, Dadi listens to Lata Mangeshkar on her old radio.	(IV) Irony

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Answer & explanation

Correct answer: option 4

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

List-I	List-II	Explanation
(A) Our joint family’s WhatsApp group is a noisy market from morning till night.	(III) Metaphor	A metaphor says that one thing is another, without “like” or “as”. The family group “is a noisy market”, full of people talking at the same time.
(B) On his very first day, the bank’s new security guard had his own helmet stolen from outside the bank gate.	(IV) Irony	In irony, the opposite of what we expect happens. The man hired to stop theft at the bank is himself robbed at its gate.
(C) Isha walked up to the stage for her first debate with a confident nervousness.	(II) Oxymoron	An oxymoron puts two opposite words side by side. “Confident” and “nervousness” are opposites. Isha looked sure of herself but was scared inside.
(D) Every evening after dinner, Dadi listens to Lata Mangeshkar on her old radio.	(I) Metonymy	Metonymy uses the name of one thing for something closely linked to it. “Lata Mangeshkar” stands for her songs. Dadi listens to the songs, not to the singer herself.