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Literature In English Past Questions and Answers

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Literature In English Questions

Question 866:
This question is based on General Literary Principles and Literary Appreciation<br/>'The fair breeze blew, the white foam flew,<br/>The furrow followed free;<br/>We were the first that ever burst<br/>Into that silent sea...'<br/>'The Rime of the Ancient Mariner' by S.T.<br/>Coleridge <br/>The dominant figure of speech in the above passage is
  • A Paradox
  • B Repetition
  • C Alliteration
  • D Antithesis
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Question 867:
This question is based on General Literary Principles and Literary Appreciation<br/>In literary criticism, the vocabulary or language used by a writer is generally known as
  • A Diction
  • B Figures of speech
  • C Characterization
  • D Rhythms
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Question 868:
This question is based on General Literary Principles and Literary Appreciation<br/>'Hall to then, blithe spirit!<br/>Bird thou wert,<br/>That from Heaven, or near it, <br/>In profuse strains of unpremeditated art!<br/>'To A Shylark' by P.B. Shelley<br/>The main figure of speech in the above passage is
  • A Apostrophe
  • B Hyperbole
  • C Euphemism
  • D Metonymy
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Question 869:
This question is based on General Literary Principles and Literary Appreciation<br/>'The story of my life, which I am about to record Is one full of striking incident Keener pange, deeper joys more singular vicissitudes, few have been led in God's providence to experience. As I look back on it through the vista of more than sixty years and scene on scene it rise before me an ever fresh wonder fils my mind. I delight to recall it, I dwell on it as did the Jews on the marvellous history of thir rescue from the bondage of Egypt' Black Slave Narratives J.F. Bayliss (ed) <br/>The literary term used for this kind of writing is
  • A Biography
  • B Autograph
  • C Orthography
  • D Autobiography
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Question 870:
This question is based on General Literary Principles and Literary Appreciation<br/>'I have said too much unto a heart of stone <br/>And laid mine honour too unchary out' Twelveth Night by W. Shakespeare <br/>The above lamentation is an example of a
  • A Simile
  • B Metaphor
  • C Personification
  • D Zeugma
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