Select the figure of speech used in the following sentence:
Sunita began by teaching her mother to read, then the women of her lane, then the whole village, and today her method is used across the state.
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 2
The correct answer is Option (2) → Climax
Sunita’s work grows step by step: her mother, “the women of her lane”, “the whole village” and at last “across the state”. Each step is bigger than the one before, and the line ends on the biggest.
| Figure | What it is | Example |
|---|---|---|
| (1) Anticlimax | ideas rise in importance and then suddenly drop to something small or silly | The fire destroyed the shop, the godown and a packet of biscuits. |
| (2) Climax (answer) | ideas arranged in rising order of importance | Meena became a teacher, then a principal and at last the state education minister. |
| (3) Hyperbole | a big exaggeration made for effect | My little brother talks for a hundred hours without a break. |
| (4) Antithesis | two opposite ideas placed side by side in a balanced way | Our new neighbour talks a lot but listens little. |