Match List I with List II:

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Correct option is B

An explanation of the four figures of speech that is mentioned:
• • Antithesis is a figure of speech that juxtaposes two opposing or contrasting ideas. In the example "Willing to wound, and yet afraid to strike," the two opposing ideas are "willing to wound" and "afraid to strike."
• Irony is a figure of speech that uses words to convey the opposite of their literal meaning. In the example "It is a truth universally acknowledged that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife," the speaker is saying that it is a universally acknowledged truth that a single man with a good fortune must be in want of a wife, but the speaker is actually being ironic, because they do not believe that this is true.
• Assonance is a figure of speech that repeats vowel sounds within words or phrases. In the example "Thou still unravished bride of quietness. Thou foster child of silence and slow time," the vowel sound "i" is repeated in the words "still," "unravished," "bride," "quietness," "foster," "child," "silence," and "slow."
• Simile is a figure of speech that compares two things using the words "like" or "as." In the example "And ice, mast-high, come floating by, as green as emerald," the speaker is comparing the ice to an emerald, saying that it is as green as an emerald.

All four of these figures of speech are commonly used in literature to create different effects. Antithesis can be used to create tension or suspense, irony can be used to create humour or satire, assonance can be used to create a musical or rhythmic effect, and simile can be used to create a vivid image in the reader's mind.