EnglishFigure of Speech

Match the figures of speech in List-I with the appropriate statements…

Match the figures of speech in List-I with the appropriate statements from List-II:-

List-I (Figures of Speech)	List-II (Statements)
(A) Simile	(I) The loud silence of the forest seemed to envelop the world in a cloak of quiet.
(B) Oxymoron	(II) When well-appareled April on the heel of limping winter treads
(C) Metaphor	(III) Then, as the sun went down, it seemed to drag the whole sky with it like shreds of a burning curtain.
(D) Personification	(IV) The carpet of snow relieved the drabness of the depressing building.

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:-

Answer & explanation

Correct answer: option 3

The correct answer is Option (3) → (A)-(III), (B)-(I), (C)-(IV), (D)-(II)

List-I (Figures of Speech)	List-II (Statements)	Explanation
(A) Simile	(III) Then, as the sun went down, it seemed to drag the whole sky with it like shreds of a burning curtain.	Compares two unlike things using 'like' or 'as'. The sky is compared to "shreds of a burning curtain."
(B) Oxymoron	(I) The loud silence of the forest seemed to envelop the world in a cloak of quiet.	Combines two terms that are contradictory or opposite in meaning. "Loud silence" is a contradiction.
(C) Metaphor	(IV) The carpet of snow relieved the drabness of the depressing building.	Makes an implied comparison between two unlike things without using 'like' or 'as'. The snow is directly referred to as a "carpet."
(D) Personification	(II) When well-appareled April on the heel of limping winter treads	Gives human qualities or actions to inanimate objects or abstract ideas. April is described as being "well-appareled" and winter is "limping," both of which are human actions.

Match the figures of speech in List-I with the appropriate statements from List-II:-

List-I (Figures of Speech)	List-II (Statements)
(A) Simile	(I) The loud silence of the forest seemed to envelop the world in a cloak of quiet.
(B) Oxymoron	(II) When well-appareled April on the heel of limping winter treads
(C) Metaphor	(III) Then, as the sun went down, it seemed to drag the whole sky with it like shreds of a burning curtain.
(D) Personification	(IV) The carpet of snow relieved the drabness of the depressing building.

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:-

Answer & explanation

Correct answer: option 3

The correct answer is Option (3) → (A)-(III), (B)-(I), (C)-(IV), (D)-(II)

List-I (Figures of Speech)	List-II (Statements)	Explanation
(A) Simile	(III) Then, as the sun went down, it seemed to drag the whole sky with it like shreds of a burning curtain.	Compares two unlike things using 'like' or 'as'. The sky is compared to "shreds of a burning curtain."
(B) Oxymoron	(I) The loud silence of the forest seemed to envelop the world in a cloak of quiet.	Combines two terms that are contradictory or opposite in meaning. "Loud silence" is a contradiction.
(C) Metaphor	(IV) The carpet of snow relieved the drabness of the depressing building.	Makes an implied comparison between two unlike things without using 'like' or 'as'. The snow is directly referred to as a "carpet."
(D) Personification	(II) When well-appareled April on the heel of limping winter treads	Gives human qualities or actions to inanimate objects or abstract ideas. April is described as being "well-appareled" and winter is "limping," both of which are human actions.