Match the figures of speech given in List-I with the expressions listed in List-II
| LIST-I (Figures of speech.) | LIST-II (Expressions) |
| A. Personification | I. “The child was a hurricane of emotions.” |
| B. Oxymoron | II. “O Death! Where is thy sting?” |
| C. Metaphor | III. “Death lays its icy hands on Kings.” |
| D. Apostrophe | IV. “Parting is such a sweet sorrow” |
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 1
The correct answer is Option (1) → A-III, B-IV, C-I, D-II
| List-I | List-II | Explanation | Example |
|---|---|---|---|
| (A) Personification | (III) "Death lays its icy hands on Kings." | Personification gives human qualities or actions to an idea, an object or an animal. Death, an abstract idea, is shown with icy hands that it lays on kings, as a person would. The line echoes James Shirley's poem "Death the Leveller". | The wind whispered through the tall trees. |
| (B) Oxymoron | (IV) "Parting is such a sweet sorrow" | An oxymoron puts two words of opposite meaning side by side for effect. "Sweet" and "sorrow" contradict each other: parting from a loved one is painful, yet sweet because of the love behind it. Juliet says it to Romeo in Shakespeare's "Romeo and Juliet". | A deafening silence filled the hall after the result was announced. |
| (C) Metaphor | (I) "The child was a hurricane of emotions." | A metaphor compares two things directly, without "like" or "as", by saying that one thing is the other. The child is called a hurricane: the feelings are as wild and violent as a storm. | For the tired nurses, her smile was sunshine on a grey day. |
| (D) Apostrophe | (II) "O Death! Where is thy sting?" | Apostrophe is a direct address to someone absent or dead, or to an idea or object, as if it could hear and answer. Here the speaker talks to Death itself. The words come from the Bible (1 Corinthians 15:55). | "O Moon, why do you hide behind the clouds tonight?" |