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Which of the following is NOT true of balled?

  • A. They were originally sung
  • B. They are mostly part of oral tradition
  • C. Tehy tell a popular story
  • D. They are written in iambic metre
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In drama, ‘ denouement’ is the same as

  • A. resolution
  • B. climax
  • C. anti-climax
  • D. conflict
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66

Pick the odd item out of the options listed below

  • A. Verse
  • B. Stanza
  • C. Rhythm
  • D. Dialogue
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67

”They also serve who only stand and wait” illustrates

  • A. an epigram
  • B. a synecdoche
  • C. a simile
  • D. an antithesis
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A literary device which expresses meaning in its direct opposite is

  • A. metaphor
  • B. paradox
  • C. parody
  • D. irony
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”She waited for him for a thousand years” illustrates

  • A. euphemism
  • B. hyperbole
  • C. assonance
  • D. ellipsis
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A bitter remark intended to wound the feelings is

  • A. a satire
  • B. an allusion
  • C. a sarcasm
  • D. an ambiguity
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