Match the figures of speech given in List-I with the sentences given in List-II:-
| List-I (Figure of Speech) | List-II (Sentence) |
| (A) Simile | (I) Life is a dream. |
| (B) Metaphor | (II) The righteous shall flourish as the palm tree. |
| (C) Personification | (III) She has many mouths to feed. |
| (D) Synecdoche | (IV) Death lays his icy hand on kings. |
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:-
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 3
The correct answer is Option (3) → (A) - (II), (B) - (I), (C) - (IV), (D) - (III)
| List-I | List-II | Explanation | Example |
|---|---|---|---|
| A. Simile | II. The righteous shall flourish as the palm tree. | A simile is a direct comparison of two unlike things using "like" or "as". The righteous are compared to a palm tree with the word "as". | He is as brave as a lion. |
| B. Metaphor | I. Life is a dream. | A metaphor is an implied comparison: one thing is said to be another, without "like" or "as". Life is called a dream, passing and unreal. | Time is a thief. |
| C. Personification | IV. Death lays his icy hand on kings. | Personification gives human qualities or actions to a thing or an idea. Death is given a hand and the human act of laying it on someone (the line is from James Shirley's poem "Death the Leveller"). | The wind whispered through the trees. |
| D. Synecdoche | III. She has many mouths to feed. | Synecdoche is a figure in which a part stands for the whole (or the whole for a part). "Mouths" stands for the people she has to feed. | The captain called for all hands on deck. |