Match the expressions given in List I with the appropriate figures of speech given in List II :
| LIST-I (Phrases) | LIST-II (Figures of speech) | ||
| A. | Her voice crowds up and down the lawn | I. | Alliteration |
| B. | He makes no friend, who never made a foe. | II. | Personification |
| C. | Singing in summer in full-throated ease | III. | Hyperbole |
| D. | Winter laid its icy hands over the city. | IV. | Epigram |
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 4
The correct answer is Option (4) → A - III, B - IV, C - I, D - II
| List-I | List-II | Explanation | Example |
|---|---|---|---|
| A. Her voice crowds up and down the lawn | III. Hyperbole | Hyperbole is deliberate exaggeration for effect, not meant to be taken literally. A voice cannot fill and crowd a whole lawn; the line exaggerates how loud and full her voice is. | I have told you a million times to shut the door. |
| B. He makes no friend, who never made a foe. | IV. Epigram | An epigram is a short, witty saying that puts a sharp truth in a memorable, often surprising form. The line is from Alfred Tennyson's "Lancelot and Elaine" (Idylls of the King). It says that a person who never makes an enemy never makes a true friend either. | I can resist everything except temptation. |
| C. Singing in summer in full-throated ease | I. Alliteration | Alliteration is the repetition of the same first consonant sound in words close together. The line echoes John Keats's "Ode to a Nightingale" ("Singest of summer in full-throated ease"). The "s" sound repeats in "singing" and "summer". | Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers. |
| D. Winter laid its icy hands over the city. | II. Personification | Personification gives human qualities or actions to something that is not human. Winter is given "hands", which it lays over the city like a person. | The wind whispered through the trees. |