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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.