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) Only about three hundred souls live in my grandfather’s small village in the hills.	(I) Personification
(B) On Karva Chauth night, the full moon hid shyly behind the clouds while everyone waited on the terraces.	(II) Hyperbole
(C) When her doll broke, my little sister cried enough tears to fill a bucket.	(III) Metaphor
(D) During the free period, our class monitor is a hawk that watches every bench.	(IV) Synecdoche

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Answer & explanation

Correct answer: option 3

The correct answer is Option (3) → (A)-(IV), (B)-(I), (C)-(II), (D)-(III)

List-I	List-II	Explanation
(A) Only about three hundred souls live in my grandfather’s small village in the hills.	(IV) Synecdoche	In synecdoche, a part stands for the whole. “Souls” stands for whole people, so the line means that about three hundred people live in the village.
(B) On Karva Chauth night, the full moon hid shyly behind the clouds while everyone waited on the terraces.	(I) Personification	Personification gives human qualities or actions to a thing. The moon “hid shyly” like a shy person, but a moon cannot feel shy.
(C) When her doll broke, my little sister cried enough tears to fill a bucket.	(II) Hyperbole	Hyperbole is a big exaggeration made for effect. A small child cannot cry “enough tears to fill a bucket”. She only cried a lot.
(D) During the free period, our class monitor is a hawk that watches every bench.	(III) Metaphor	A metaphor says that one thing is another, without “like” or “as”. The monitor “is a hawk” because he watches everyone as sharply as a hawk looks for its prey.

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

List-I (Sentences)	List-II (Figures of speech)
(A) Only about three hundred souls live in my grandfather’s small village in the hills.	(I) Personification
(B) On Karva Chauth night, the full moon hid shyly behind the clouds while everyone waited on the terraces.	(II) Hyperbole
(C) When her doll broke, my little sister cried enough tears to fill a bucket.	(III) Metaphor
(D) During the free period, our class monitor is a hawk that watches every bench.	(IV) Synecdoche

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Answer & explanation

Correct answer: option 3

The correct answer is Option (3) → (A)-(IV), (B)-(I), (C)-(II), (D)-(III)

List-I	List-II	Explanation
(A) Only about three hundred souls live in my grandfather’s small village in the hills.	(IV) Synecdoche	In synecdoche, a part stands for the whole. “Souls” stands for whole people, so the line means that about three hundred people live in the village.
(B) On Karva Chauth night, the full moon hid shyly behind the clouds while everyone waited on the terraces.	(I) Personification	Personification gives human qualities or actions to a thing. The moon “hid shyly” like a shy person, but a moon cannot feel shy.
(C) When her doll broke, my little sister cried enough tears to fill a bucket.	(II) Hyperbole	Hyperbole is a big exaggeration made for effect. A small child cannot cry “enough tears to fill a bucket”. She only cried a lot.
(D) During the free period, our class monitor is a hawk that watches every bench.	(III) Metaphor	A metaphor says that one thing is another, without “like” or “as”. The monitor “is a hawk” because he watches everyone as sharply as a hawk looks for its prey.