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.