Match the figures of speech given in List-I with the sentences given…

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

List-I	List-II	Explanation	Example
A. Simile	II. He fought like a lion in the battle.	A simile openly compares two different things using "like" or "as". The two things stay separate. His courage in battle is compared to a lion's with the word "like".	She sings like a nightingale.
B. Personification	III. The moon smiled down on the earth.	Personification gives human qualities or actions to something that is not human. The moon is said to smile, which only a person can do.	The wind whispered through the trees.
C. Metaphor	IV. She is the nightingale of our class.	A metaphor says that one thing is another, without "like" or "as", to show a likeness. The girl is called a nightingale to say that she sings sweetly.	Time is a thief.
D. Hyperbole	I. He runs faster than the wind.	Hyperbole is deliberate exaggeration for effect, not meant to be taken literally. No one can run faster than the wind. The line exaggerates his speed.	I have told you a million times to shut the door.

Contrast: a simile says one thing is "like" another, a metaphor says it "is" the other, personification gives a thing human actions, and hyperbole exaggerates.