Choose the sentence that is an example of metonymy:

The correct answer is Option (2) → The black coats of the district court went on strike over the new parking rule.

Metonymy:

• Metonymy uses the name of one thing for something closely linked to it.
• Lawyers in India wear black coats in court. Here “the black coats” stands for the lawyers. The coat is linked to them, but it is not a part of them.

Why the Other Options are Incorrect?

Option 1: At the village meeting, the old spoke little and the young spoke a lot. — Incorrect. This sentence uses antithesis, where two opposite ideas are placed side by side in a balanced way. “The old spoke little” is set against “the young spoke a lot”.

Option 3: The lid of Dadi’s pickle jar fights back against everyone except her. — Incorrect. This sentence uses personification, which gives human actions to a thing. A lid cannot “fight back”.

Option 4: Under the full moon, the cotton fields looked like a sheet of fresh snow. — Incorrect. This sentence uses a simile, which compares two different things using “like” or “as”. The fields are compared to snow with “like”.