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At the fall of their house, the widow lost her husband, her sewing machine and her ear-rings illustrates

  • A. bathos
  • B. epigram
  • C. pathos
  • D. oxymoron
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44

A novel that recounts the adventures of a likeable rogue is

  • A. panegyric
  • B. gothic
  • C. picaresque
  • D. grotesque
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45

Poetry gets bored of being alone
It wants to go outdoors to chew the winds.

The mental picture evoked in the above lines is that of

  • A. smell and touch
  • B. sight and hearing
  • C. taste and touch
  • D. sight and taste
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46

More haste, less speed illustrates the use of

  • A. anaphora
  • B. paradox
  • C. litotes
  • D. synecdoche
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47

An aside in drama is used mostly to create a sense of

  • A. admiration
  • B. conspiracy
  • C. greatness
  • D. superiority
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48

Men swift to see things done , do not run their commanding.

The words in italics exemplify

  • A. pun
  • B. end rhyme
  • C. internal rhyme
  • D. paradox
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49

Disguise in drama mostly portrays the theme of

  • A. known identity
  • B. plain identity
  • C. unknown identity
  • D. mistaken identity
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50

The warriors conquered my men and my country illustrates the use of

  • A. Paradox
  • B. Litotes
  • C. Parallelism
  • D. Zeugma
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51

A word or a phrase that is repeated at regular intervals in a poem or a play is a

  • A. dirge
  • B. refrain
  • C. lullaby
  • D. verse
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52

Read the extract below and answer the following questions

A little learning is a dangerous thing:
Drink deep, or taste not the Pierian Spring
The shallow droughts intoxicate the brain
And drinking largely sobers us again


Lines 3 and 4 illustrate

  • A. antithesis
  • B. oxymoron
  • C. anti-climax
  • D. metonymy
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53

Read the extract below and answer the following questions

A little learning is a dangerous thing:
Drink deep, or taste not the Pierian Spring
The shallow droughts intoxicate the brain
And drinking largely sobers us again


The tone of the poet is

  • A. jocular
  • B. harsh
  • C. mournful
  • D. sombre
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54

Read the extract below and answer the following questions

A little learning is a dangerous thing:
Drink deep, or taste not the Pierian Spring
The shallow droughts intoxicate the brain
And drinking largely sobers us again


The poem is

  • A. allegoric
  • B. didactic
  • C. metaphysical
  • D. romantic
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55

In drama, catharsis is the

  • A. change of setting
  • B. conflict between two characters
  • C. resolution of conflict
  • D. purgation of emotion from tension
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56

My bounty is as boundless as the sea my love as deep

The above lines illustrate

  • A. apostrophe
  • B. epigram
  • C. hyperbole
  • D. euphemism
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57

A story with elements that have both literal and figurative meanings is

  • A. an allegory
  • B. a fable
  • C. a novella
  • D. an epistle
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58

In literature, the two components of diction are

  • A. sentence construction and punctuation
  • B. vocabulary and punctuation
  • C. syntax and sentence construction
  • D. vocabulary and syntax
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59

A short play performed between the acts of a bigger play for entertainment is

  • A. an in media res
  • B. an interlude
  • C. an incantation
  • D. a deux ex machina
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60

Several hands stretched out for free meals at the refugee camp illustrates

  • A. Antithesis
  • B. Euphemism
  • C. Litotes
  • D. Synecdoche
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61

The literary term describing individuals in a work of literature is

  • A. characters
  • B. protagonist
  • C. narrator
  • D. villain
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62

A novel that features spiritual apparitions as major character is

  • A. Epistolary
  • B. Gothic
  • C. Historical
  • D. Socialogical
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