Match the sentences in List-I with the figures of speech in List-II.
| List-I (Sentences) | List-II (Figures of speech) |
|---|---|
| (A) My dear little garden, I am sorry I left you without water all through May. | (I) Simile |
| (B) Rekha’s diary is a locked room where she keeps all her fears. | (II) Antithesis |
| (C) The shopkeeper is generous with his smiles but stingy with his discounts. | (III) Metaphor |
| (D) Priya’s long plait swung behind her like a pendulum as she ran to class. | (IV) Apostrophe |
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 1
The correct answer is Option (1) → (A)-(IV), (B)-(III), (C)-(II), (D)-(I)
| List-I | List-II | Explanation |
|---|---|---|
| (A) My dear little garden, I am sorry I left you without water all through May. | (IV) Apostrophe | In an apostrophe, the speaker talks directly to a thing, an idea or an absent person, as if it can hear. The speaker talks to the garden: “My dear little garden” and “I left you”. |
| (B) Rekha’s diary is a locked room where she keeps all her fears. | (III) Metaphor | A metaphor says that one thing is another, without “like” or “as”. The diary “is a locked room”, a safe and secret place for her fears. |
| (C) The shopkeeper is generous with his smiles but stingy with his discounts. | (II) Antithesis | In antithesis, two opposite ideas are placed side by side in a balanced way. “Generous with his smiles” is set against “stingy with his discounts”. Stingy means not willing to give. |
| (D) Priya’s long plait swung behind her like a pendulum as she ran to class. | (I) Simile | A simile compares two different things using “like” or “as”. The plait is compared to a pendulum, which swings from side to side, with “like”. |