Match the sentences in List-I with the figures of speech in List-II.
| List-I (Sentences) | List-II (Figures of speech) |
|---|---|
| (A) The white coats at the city hospital stayed on duty all through the night. | (I) Personification |
| (B) Rekha rushed to the railway station with a rolled-up red rug. | (II) Alliteration |
| (C) At Bunty’s wedding, the puris puffed up like little golden balloons. | (III) Metonymy |
| (D) In the storm, the old peepal tree bowed its head and prayed for the rain to stop. | (IV) Simile |
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 2
The correct answer is Option (2) → (A)-(III), (B)-(II), (C)-(IV), (D)-(I)
| List-I | List-II | Explanation |
|---|---|---|
| (A) The white coats at the city hospital stayed on duty all through the night. | (III) Metonymy | Metonymy uses the name of one thing for something closely linked to it. Doctors wear white coats, so “the white coats” stands for the doctors. |
| (B) Rekha rushed to the railway station with a rolled-up red rug. | (II) Alliteration | Alliteration is the same first sound repeated in words that are close together. The “r” sound opens “Rekha”, “rushed”, “railway”, “rolled-up”, “red” and “rug”. |
| (C) At Bunty’s wedding, the puris puffed up like little golden balloons. | (IV) Simile | A simile compares two different things using “like” or “as”. The puffed puris are compared to “little golden balloons” with “like”. |
| (D) In the storm, the old peepal tree bowed its head and prayed for the rain to stop. | (I) Personification | Personification gives human qualities or actions to a thing, an animal or an idea. The tree “bowed its head and prayed”, as a person does. |