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Match the sentences given in List-I with the appropriate figure of sp…

Match the sentences given in List-I with the appropriate figure of speech given in List-II

LIST-I Sentences	LIST-II Figure of speech
A. Her smile was as bright as the sun.	I. Personification
B. She sells seashells by the seashore.	II. Simile
C. The wind whispered through the trees.	III. Alliteration
D. She was clearly confused by the answer	IV. Oxymoron.

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Answer & explanation

Correct answer: option 1

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

List-I	List-II	Explanation	Example
A. Her smile was as bright as the sun.	II. Simile	A simile openly compares two different things, using "like" or "as". Her smile is compared to the sun with "as bright as".	He ran as fast as the wind.
B. She sells seashells by the seashore.	III. Alliteration	Alliteration is the repetition of the same first consonant sound in words close together. The "s" and "sh" sounds repeat in "She sells seashells ... seashore".	Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.
C. The wind whispered through the trees.	I. Personification	Personification gives human qualities or actions to something that is not human. The wind is said to "whisper", as a person does.	The sun smiled down on the fields.
D. She was clearly confused by the answer	IV. Oxymoron.	An oxymoron puts two words of opposite meaning side by side. "Clearly" (in a clear way) and "confused" (not clear) are opposites placed together.	A deafening silence filled the hall.

Match the sentences given in List-I with the appropriate figure of speech given in List-II

LIST-I Sentences	LIST-II Figure of speech
A. Her smile was as bright as the sun.	I. Personification
B. She sells seashells by the seashore.	II. Simile
C. The wind whispered through the trees.	III. Alliteration
D. She was clearly confused by the answer	IV. Oxymoron.

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Answer & explanation

Correct answer: option 1

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

List-I	List-II	Explanation	Example
A. Her smile was as bright as the sun.	II. Simile	A simile openly compares two different things, using "like" or "as". Her smile is compared to the sun with "as bright as".	He ran as fast as the wind.
B. She sells seashells by the seashore.	III. Alliteration	Alliteration is the repetition of the same first consonant sound in words close together. The "s" and "sh" sounds repeat in "She sells seashells ... seashore".	Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.
C. The wind whispered through the trees.	I. Personification	Personification gives human qualities or actions to something that is not human. The wind is said to "whisper", as a person does.	The sun smiled down on the fields.
D. She was clearly confused by the answer	IV. Oxymoron.	An oxymoron puts two words of opposite meaning side by side. "Clearly" (in a clear way) and "confused" (not clear) are opposites placed together.	A deafening silence filled the hall.