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Literature In English Past Questions and Answers

Literature In English Questions

Question 676:
'There kneels a jigger, a louse, a weevil, a flea, a bedbug! He is mistletoe, a parasite that lives on the trees of other people's lives!'<br/>The speaker uses a string of
  • A Hyperbole
  • B Parables
  • C Metaphors
  • D Riddles
  • E Understatements.
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Question 677:
A trade, Sir, that, i hope, i may use with a safe conscience; which is, indeed, Sir, a mender of bad soles.<br/>The passage is referring to a
  • A Religious preacher who saves sinful souls
  • B Physician who cures diseases of the sole
  • C Workman who repears shoes
  • D Trader who prevents bad sales
  • E Trader who cheats customers during sales.
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Question 678:
At the end of that week I set off for Caxley. It was a grey day, with the downs covered in thick mist. The trees dripped sadly along the road to the market town, and the wet pavements were even more depressing.<br/>The setting is best described as
  • A Bracing
  • B Dismal
  • C Exhilarating
  • D Delightful
  • E Pleasant.
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Question 679:
A deliberate use of exaggeration for humour or emphasis is known as
  • A Exclamation
  • B Litotes
  • C Metonymy
  • D Hyperbole
  • E Antonym.
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Question 680:
'The pen is mightier than the sword' is an example of
  • A Metonymy
  • B Antonomasia
  • C Comparison
  • D Synecdoche
  • E Paradox.
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