CUET English - 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. | PYQs + Solutions

CUET English 2026 31st May Shift 1

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Oxymoron

Understatement

Synecdoche

Onomatopoeia

✅ Correct Option: 4

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Match the figures of speech given in List-I with the sentences given in List-II.

List-I (Figures of speech)	List-II (Sentences)
(A) Simile	(I) The old house groaned in the wind.
(B) Metaphor	(II) Her smile is as bright as the sun.
(C) Personification	(III) Sly snakes slither slowly.
(D) Alliteration	(IV) The whole world is a stage.

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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"

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CUET English 2026 31st May Shift 1 PYQs