Match the Expression in List I with its Figure of Speech in List II
| List I(Expression) | List II(Figure of Speech) |
| A. He is cunningly simple | I. Exclamation |
| B. Who is here so vile that will not love his country | II. Oxymoron |
| C. What a piece of work is man | III. Personification |
| D. Laughter holding both her sides | IV. Interrogation |
Choose the correct answer from the option given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 3
The correct answer is Option (3) → A-II, B-IV, C-I, D-III
| List-I | List-II | Explanation | Example |
|---|---|---|---|
| A. He is cunningly simple | II. Oxymoron | An oxymoron puts two words of opposite meaning side by side for effect. Cunning means clever in a sly way, simple means plain and innocent. "Cunningly simple" joins the two. | The hall fell into a deafening silence. |
| B. Who is here so vile that will not love his country | IV. Interrogation | Interrogation (a rhetorical question) is a question asked not for an answer but to make a point strongly. The speaker means that no one here is so low as not to love his country. | Who does not love his own mother? |
| C. What a piece of work is man | I. Exclamation | Exclamation is a sudden, strong expression of feeling such as wonder or surprise, often beginning with "What" or "How". The line expresses wonder at man. | How beautiful the valley looks! |
| D. Laughter holding both her sides | III. Personification | Personification gives human qualities or actions to something that is not human. Laughter is shown as a woman holding her sides, as people do when they laugh hard. | The moon smiled down on the sleeping village. |