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Match the expressions given in List-I with the correct figures of spe…

Match the expressions given in List-I with the correct figures of speech they illustrate given in List-II

List-I	List-II
(A) Visible darkness	(I) simile
(B) She is the star of our family	(II) metaphor
(C) I spent a sleepless night.	(III) oxymoron
(D) That baby boy is like a teddy bear.	(IV) transferred epithet

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Answer & explanation

Correct answer: option 1

The correct answer is Option (1) → (A) - (III), (B) - (II), (C) - (IV), (D) - (I)

List-I	List-II	Explanation	Example
A. Visible darkness	III. oxymoron	An oxymoron puts two words of opposite meaning side by side for a striking effect. Darkness is what cannot be seen, so calling it "visible" is a contradiction. The phrase echoes John Milton's "darkness visible" in "Paradise Lost" (Book I), where the flames of hell give no light.	A deafening silence filled the hall after the result was announced.
B. She is the star of our family	II. metaphor	A metaphor says that one thing is another, without "like" or "as". She is called "the star" of the family: its brightest and most admired member.	Time is a thief that steals our youth.
C. I spent a sleepless night.	IV. transferred epithet	A transferred epithet moves an adjective from the person it describes to a thing connected with that person. A night cannot sleep. It is the speaker who did not sleep, so "sleepless" is transferred to "night".	The prisoner paced up and down his lonely cell.
D. That baby boy is like a teddy bear.	I. simile	A simile compares two different things openly with "like" or "as". The baby is compared to a teddy bear with "like": he is soft, cuddly and lovable.	Her smile was as bright as the sun.

Match the expressions given in List-I with the correct figures of speech they illustrate given in List-II

List-I	List-II
(A) Visible darkness	(I) simile
(B) She is the star of our family	(II) metaphor
(C) I spent a sleepless night.	(III) oxymoron
(D) That baby boy is like a teddy bear.	(IV) transferred epithet

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Answer & explanation

Correct answer: option 1

The correct answer is Option (1) → (A) - (III), (B) - (II), (C) - (IV), (D) - (I)

List-I	List-II	Explanation	Example
A. Visible darkness	III. oxymoron	An oxymoron puts two words of opposite meaning side by side for a striking effect. Darkness is what cannot be seen, so calling it "visible" is a contradiction. The phrase echoes John Milton's "darkness visible" in "Paradise Lost" (Book I), where the flames of hell give no light.	A deafening silence filled the hall after the result was announced.
B. She is the star of our family	II. metaphor	A metaphor says that one thing is another, without "like" or "as". She is called "the star" of the family: its brightest and most admired member.	Time is a thief that steals our youth.
C. I spent a sleepless night.	IV. transferred epithet	A transferred epithet moves an adjective from the person it describes to a thing connected with that person. A night cannot sleep. It is the speaker who did not sleep, so "sleepless" is transferred to "night".	The prisoner paced up and down his lonely cell.
D. That baby boy is like a teddy bear.	I. simile	A simile compares two different things openly with "like" or "as". The baby is compared to a teddy bear with "like": he is soft, cuddly and lovable.	Her smile was as bright as the sun.