Match the figures of speech given in List-I with the sentences given in List-II.
| List-I (Figures of speech) | List-II (Sentences) |
|---|---|
| (A) Simile | (I) Rahul’s backpack is so heavy that it has made him two inches shorter since June. |
| (B) Onomatopoeia | (II) The grey clouds sulked over the dry village all week and refused to share a single drop of rain. |
| (C) Personification | (III) The coconut fell from the tree and landed on the tin roof with a loud clang. |
| (D) Hyperbole | (IV) Shreya’s handwriting is as neat as a printed textbook. |
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 2
The correct answer is Option (2) → (A)-(IV), (B)-(III), (C)-(II), (D)-(I)
| List-I | List-II | Explanation |
|---|---|---|
| (A) Simile | (IV) Shreya’s handwriting is as neat as a printed textbook. | A simile compares two different things using “like” or “as”. Shreya’s handwriting is compared to a printed textbook with “as neat as”. |
| (B) Onomatopoeia | (III) The coconut fell from the tree and landed on the tin roof with a loud clang. | Onomatopoeia is a word that sounds like the sound it names. “Clang” copies the sound of a hard thing hitting metal. |
| (C) Personification | (II) The grey clouds sulked over the dry village all week and refused to share a single drop of rain. | Personification gives human qualities or actions to a thing. Clouds cannot sulk or refuse, but here they act like an angry person who will not share. |
| (D) Hyperbole | (I) Rahul’s backpack is so heavy that it has made him two inches shorter since June. | Hyperbole is a big exaggeration made for effect. A bag cannot make a boy two inches shorter. The speaker only means it is very heavy. |