Match the sentences in List-I with the figures of speech they use in List-II.
| List-I (Sentences) | List-II (Figures of speech) |
|---|---|
| (A) Old school bag, I will miss carrying you up the stairs every morning. | (I) Personification |
| (B) Tanvi took two tiny tortoises to the temple tank. | (II) Oxymoron |
| (C) The old motorbike coughed twice and refused to start in the cold. | (III) Apostrophe |
| (D) At the big wedding, Kiran knew nobody and felt a crowded loneliness all evening. | (IV) Alliteration |
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 2
The correct answer is Option (2) → (A)-(III), (B)-(IV), (C)-(I), (D)-(II)
| List-I | List-II | Explanation |
|---|---|---|
| (A) Old school bag, I will miss carrying you up the stairs every morning. | (III) Apostrophe | An apostrophe is when the speaker talks directly to a thing as if it can hear. Here the speaker talks to the “old school bag” and calls it “you”. |
| (B) Tanvi took two tiny tortoises to the temple tank. | (IV) Alliteration | Alliteration is the same first sound repeated in words that are close together. The “t” sound opens “Tanvi took two tiny tortoises to the temple tank”. |
| (C) The old motorbike coughed twice and refused to start in the cold. | (I) Personification | Personification gives human qualities or actions to a thing. A motorbike cannot cough or refuse, but here it does both like a sick, stubborn person. |
| (D) At the big wedding, Kiran knew nobody and felt a crowded loneliness all evening. | (II) Oxymoron | An oxymoron puts two opposite words side by side. “Crowded” and “loneliness” are opposites. Kiran felt alone in a full hall. |