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One of the important means available to a writer of a literary work is 

  • A. diction
  • B. fiction
  • C. stage
  • D. stanza
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44

Read the lines below and answer the question:
The closing of the day

Is the beginning of the day

The lines

  • A. are alliterated
  • B. are repeated
  • C. end stop
  • D. run on
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45

The Shakespearean sonnet differs from the Petrachan sonnet by ending with a 

  • A. couplet
  • B. quatrain
  • C. sestet
  • D. tercet
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46

The device used in She gave him lots of cash and tender attention is

  • A. bathos
  • B. zeugma
  • C. pathos
  • D. suspense
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47

A narrative composed in the form of a letter is

  • A. an eponymous novel
  • B. an epistolary novel
  • C. a novella
  • D. a panegyric
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48

Read the lines below and answer the question:
My heart aches, and a drowsy numbness pains

My sense, as though of hemlock I have drunk

The mood of the poet is that of 

  • A. anger
  • B. apathy
  • C. drunkenness
  • D. sadness
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49

Read the lines below and answer the question:
My heart aches, and a drowsy numbness pains

My sense, as though of hemlock I have drunk

The mood of the poet is that of 

  • A. anger
  • B. apathy
  • C. drunkenness
  • D. sadness
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50

Read the lines below and answer the question:
My heart aches, and a drowsy numbness pains

My sense, as though of hemlock I have drunk

The metrical pattern is

  • A. anapestic
  • B. dactylic
  • C. iambic
  • D. trochaic
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51

The major divisions in a play are

  • A. acts
  • B. chapters
  • C. scenes
  • D. stanzas
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52

The overwhelming confidence and pride that lead to the fall of the protagonist is

  • A. catharsis
  • B. ego
  • C. harmatia
  • D. hubris
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53

Ife is a woman of great virtue

She is a woman of great vice illustrate

  • A. antithesis
  • B. alliteration
  • C. paradox
  • D. pathos
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54

A narrative that extols the deeds of a heroic figure is a 

  • A. ballad
  • B. folktale
  • C. panegyric
  • D. pastoral
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55

The dominant device used in Macbeth doth murdered sleep; the innocent sleep is

  • A. alliteration
  • B. conceit
  • C. metonymy
  • D. personification
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56

Which of the following helps best to create and sustain interest in a literary work?

  • A. plot
  • B. rhyme
  • C. rhythm
  • D. suspense
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57

The choir is on wheels to a convention illustrates

  • A. Hyperbole
  • B. Metonymy
  • C. Allusion
  • D. Personification
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58

A poem that is shaped in the image of the object it talks about is

  • A. concrete
  • B. lyrical
  • C. metaphysical
  • D. romantic
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59

This question is based on General Literary Principles.

The events that make up the story is the 

  • A. plot
  • B. setting
  • C. atmosphere
  • D. theme
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60

This question is based on General Literary Principles.

A poem of eight rhyming lines is

  • A. quatrain
  • B. octave
  • C. sonnet
  • D. limerick
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61

A long narrative poem that relates heroic exploits is 

  • A. panegyric
  • B. lyric
  • C. ballad
  • D. epic
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This question is based on general literary principles

The leading character in a literary work is the  

  • A. protagonist
  • B. antagonist
  • C. villain
  • D. anti-hero
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63

This question is based on General Literary Principles.

The collection of images within a literary work is referred to as 

  • A. imagery
  • B. images
  • C. symbolism
  • D. caesura
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