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Match List I with List II:

List I
List II
[A] “Willing to wound, and yet afraid to strike.”
[1] Irony
[B] “It is a truth universally acknowledged that a
single man in possession of good fortune
must be in want of a wife.”
[2] Simile
[C] “Thou still unravished bride of quietness.
Thou foster child of silence and slow time.”
[3] Antithesis
[D] “And ice, mast-high, come
floating by, as green as emerald.”
[4] Assonance

Options

A

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

B

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

C

(A)-(III). (B)-(II), (C)-(IV), (D)-(I)

D

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

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Correct Answer :

Option B

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

Solution :

The correct option is (A)-(III), (B)-(I), (C)-(IV), (D)-(II).

Let us break down each literary device and match it to the corresponding quote step-by-step:

1. Matching [A] to [3] Antithesis:
The quote “Willing to wound, and yet afraid to strike” (from Alexander Pope's Epistle to Dr Arbuthnot) contains two contrasting or opposing ideas placed close together: being "willing to wound" versus being "afraid to strike". This deliberate juxtaposition of opposing ideas in a balanced grammatical structure is the definition of Antithesis.
Therefore, [A] matches with [3].

2. Matching [B] to [1] Irony:
The quote “It is a truth universally acknowledged that a single man in possession of good fortune must be in want of a wife” is the famous opening line of Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice. It uses verbal irony because it states as a universal truth something that actually reflects the desires of the mothers and families in the neighborhood seeking to marry off their daughters, rather than the actual state of mind of the wealthy bachelor. Thus, it is a classic example of Irony.
Therefore, [B] matches with [1].

3. Matching [C] to [4] Assonance:
The quote “Thou still unravished bride of quietness. Thou foster child of silence and slow time” (from John Keats's Ode on a Grecian Urn) features the repetition of the vowel sound /i/ in words like "still", "unravished", "quietness", "child", and "silence". The repetition of similar vowel sounds in nearby words is known as Assonance.
Therefore, [C] matches with [4].

4. Matching [D] to [2] Simile:
The quote “And ice, mast-high, come floating by, as green as emerald” (from Samuel Taylor Coleridge's The Rime of the Ancient Mariner) directly compares the color of the ice to the color of an emerald using the comparative word "as" (as green as emerald”). A direct comparison between two different things using "like" or "as" is a Simile.
Therefore, [D] matches with [2].

Combining all the correct matches gives us: (A)-(III), (B)-(I), (C)-(IV), (D)-(II).

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