Match the phrases given in List-I with the figure of speech given in List-II | List-I | List-II | |---|---| | (A) An ambassador is an honest man who lies abroad for the welfare of his country. | (I) Antithesis | | (B) Death lays his icy hands on kings | (II) Metaphor | | (C) Give every man thy ear, but few thy voice. | (III) Personification | | (D) The painter has left his imprints on the sands of time. | (IV) Pun | Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Question

Option 1: (A) - (II), (B) - (III), (C) - (I), (D) - (IV)

Option 2: (A) - (IV), (B) - (III), (C) - (I), (D) - (II)

Option 3: (A) - (I), (B) - (IV), (C) - (II), (D) - (III)

Option 4: (A) - (III), (B) - (I), (C) - (IV), (D) - (II)

AfterBoards · Accepted Answer

The answer is '(A) - (IV), (B) - (III), (C) - (I), (D) - (II)'. View full solution:

	LIST-I (Phrases)
A.	Her voice crowds up and down the lawn
B.	He makes no friend, who never made a foe.
C.	Singing in summer in full-throated ease
D.	Winter laid its icy hands over the city.

	LIST-II (Figures of speech)
I.	Alliteration
II.	Personification
III.	Hyperbole
IV.	Epigram

CUET English 2026 12th May Shift 2 PYQs

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