WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE: A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Use the following extract to answer the question that follows:
Lie bath rid his prologue like a rough colt: he knows not the stop.
A good moral, my lord: it is not enough to speak, but to speak true.
it is not enough to speak, but to speak true illustrates
- parable
- epitaph
- wisecrack
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epigram
The correct answer is: D
Explanation
The phrase 'it is not enough to speak, but to speak true' illustrates an epigram. An epigram is a brief, interesting, memorable, and sometimes surprising or satirical statement.