Identify the figure of speech in the following statement from the options given below:

As the waiter brought over our dish, everyone looked at it with curiosity, as it was sizzling loudly.

Match the Figures of speech given in List-I with their examples in List-II

	LIST-I (Figures of speech)		LIST-II (Examples)
A.	Hyperbole	I.	Dearth dwells in every nook and cranny of the slums.
B.	Simile	II.	The fair, funny, fragile looking waif.
C.	Personification	III.	Malicious words are like bullets that tear through you.
D.	Alliteration	IV.	The husband's cruel desertion broke her heart into smithereens.

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Select the correct figure of speech used in the following sentence:

The more haste, the less speed.

From the given options, select the one which correctly identifies the figure of speech (poetic device) used in the expression:

The righteous shall flourish as the palm tree

Identify the most appropriate figure of speech used in the given phrase:

'Little sorrows sit and weep'

Read the given stanza carefully and choose the option that correctly identifies the figures of speech used:-

"Hope" is the thing with feathers

That perches in the soul

And sings the tune without the words

And never stops-at all

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:-

From the given options, select the one which correctly identifies the figure of speech (poetic device) used in the expression:

The news was a dagger to his heart