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past year questions, Verbal Ability, CUET English 2025 2 June Shift 2

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Match the figures of speech in List-I with their definitions in List-II:

List-IList-II
(Figures of speech)(Definitions)
(A) Metaphor(I) Giving human qualities to non-human objects or ideas.
(B) Personification(II) A phrase that combines contradictory or opposite words.
(C) Hyperbole(III) An imaginative comparison between two unrelated things without using "like" or "as."
(D) Oxymoron(IV) An exaggerated statement not meant to be taken literally.

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Solution

✅ Correct Option: 2

Option 2: (A) - (III), (B) - (I), (C) - (IV), (D) - (II) → This correctly matches each figure of speech with its definition:

  • Metaphor (A) pairs with (III) - An imaginative comparison between two unrelated things without using "like" or "as" (e.g., "Time is a thief")
  • Personification (B) pairs with (I) - Giving human qualities to non-human objects or ideas (e.g., "The wind whispered through the trees")
  • Hyperbole (C) pairs with (IV) - An exaggerated statement not meant to be taken literally (e.g., "I'm so hungry I could eat a horse")
  • Oxymoron (D) pairs with (II) - A phrase that combines contradictory or opposite words (e.g., "deafening silence" or "bittersweet")

Hence, Option 2 → accurately identifies all four literary devices with their standard definitions used in English literature and rhetoric → correct

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