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Literature In English Past Questions and Answers

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Literature In English Questions

Question 766:
'The early morning smoke had now gone off the eyes of the day. Trees and houses were still wet from last night's rain, but a cool breeze caressed the world like a gentle hand.'<br/>The dominant literary device in this passage is
  • A Metaphor
  • B Oxymoron
  • C Synecdoche
  • D Personification
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Question 767:
'Was it for this you took such constant care<br/>The bodkin, comb and essence to prepare?<br/>For this your locks in paper durance bound?<br/>For this with tort'ring iron wreath'd round? <br/>The dominant figure of speech in the above passage is
  • A Synecdoche
  • B Rhetorical questions
  • C Parody
  • D Apostrophe.
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Question 768:
'A dungeon horrible, one all sides round'<br/>As one great furnace flamed, yet for those flames<br/>No light, but rather darkness visible'.<br/>The phrase 'darkness visible' in the above lines is an example of
  • A Metaphor
  • B Hyperbole
  • C Oxymoron
  • D Litotes.
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Question 769:
'Olu hissed, slammed the door and dash out screaming'. <br/>The dominant figure of speech in the above sentence is
  • A Zeugma
  • B Oxymoron
  • C Hyperbole
  • D Onomotopoeia
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Question 770:
'For i have known them all already, known them all.<br/>Have known the evenings, mornings, afternoons, <br/>I have measured out my life with coffee spoons'. <br/>The tone in these lines suggest
  • A The authors desire to accomplish more in life
  • B Anxiety and tension
  • C Tediousness and boredom
  • D Anger and exasperation.
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