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The omniscient narrator

  • A. uses flashback
  • B. knows all about character and events
  • C. makes reference to future incidents
  • D. knows all about the author
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86

Read the extract below and answer the question.

The bees are buzzing and humming with great zest, the doves are cooing; and the children chatter as they clatter downstairs to come and dabble in the cool system.
The underlined words in lines 1 and 4 are example of

  • A. external rhyme
  • B. internal rhyme
  • C. end rhyme
  • D. alternate rhyme
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87

Read the extract below and answer the question.

The bees are buzzing and humming with great zest, the doves are cooing; and the children chatter as they clatter downstairs to come and dabble in the cool system.

The predominant sound device in the extract is

  • A. assonance
  • B. consonance
  • C. onomatopoeia
  • D. alliteration
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88

Any expression which creates a mental picture is known as

  • A. paradox
  • B. exaggeration
  • C. imagery
  • D. symbolism
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89

All fingers are not equal’ is an example of

  • A. meiosis
  • B. oxymoron
  • C. huperbole
  • D. synecdoche
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90

‘penny wise; pound foolish’ is an example of

  • A. metonymy
  • B. hyperbole
  • C. metaphor
  • D. paradox
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91

A short witty statement is called an

  • A. epigram
  • B. anecdote
  • C. epistle
  • D. analogy
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92

Mime is the art of acting that involves the use of

  • A. songs only
  • B. speeches only
  • C. gestures only
  • D. dances only
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93

The essential function of a tragedy is to make people

  • A. laught at mankind
  • B. think and feel more deeply
  • C. think and laugh
  • D. know their enemies
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94

An epitaph is

  • A. poem of lamentation
  • B. a poem of fourteen lines
  • C. an inscription on a tomb
  • D. the life history of an author
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A play is fully realized when it is

  • A. studied
  • B. memorized
  • C. acted
  • D. read
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96

A play on words is

  • A. innuendo
  • B. humour
  • C. pun
  • D. jest
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97

Pick the odd item from the list

  • A. prose
  • B. poetry
  • C. drama
  • D. tragedy
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ยป Read the extract below and answer the question.

That age is best which is the first
When youth and blood are warmer
But being spent, the worse, and worst
Times still succeed the former.

A poem of four lines is known as a

  • A. sonnet
  • B. couplet
  • C. sestet
  • D. quatrain
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A poem of 14 lines is known as a

  • A. quatrain
  • B. octave
  • C. sestet
  • D. sonnet
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100

Read the extract below and answer the question.

That age is best which is the first
When youth and blood are warmer
But being spent, the worse, and worst
Times still succeed the former.

This kind of rhyme scheme is known as

  • A. alternate
  • B. irregular
  • C. free verse
  • D. couplet
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101

Read the extract below and answer the question.

That age is best which is the first
When youth and blood are warmer
But being spent, the worse, and worst
Times still succeed the former.

The rhyme scheme is known as

  • A. abba
  • B. abab
  • C. aabb
  • D. bbaa
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102

”The people’s voices rutted like pigs in the mud” is an example of

  • A. simile
  • B. metaphor
  • C. personification
  • D. metonymy
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103

Which of the following is closest to the novel?

  • A. the short story
  • B. fable
  • C. tale
  • D. epic
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104

The first person narrator is usually

  • A. the protagonist
  • B. a villain in the novel
  • C. the antagonist
  • D. a character in the novel
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The first person narrator is usually

  • A. the protagonist
  • B. a villain in the novel
  • C. the antagonist
  • D. a character in the novel
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