Option 2: (A) - (III), (B) - (I), (C) - (IV), (D) - (II) → This correctly matches each figure of speech with its definition:
Metaphor (A) pairs with (III) - An imaginative comparison between two unrelated things without using "like" or "as" (e.g., "Time is a thief")
Personification (B) pairs with (I) - Giving human qualities to non-human objects or ideas (e.g., "The wind whispered through the trees")
Hyperbole (C) pairs with (IV) - An exaggerated statement not meant to be taken literally (e.g., "I'm so hungry I could eat a horse")
Oxymoron (D) pairs with (II) - A phrase that combines contradictory or opposite words (e.g., "deafening silence" or "bittersweet")
Hence, Option 2 → accurately identifies all four literary devices with their standard definitions used in English literature and rhetoric → correct