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Literature In English Past Questions and Answers

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Literature In English Questions

Question 1061:
This question is based on General Literary Principles.<br/>When words or phrases in either poetry or prose rise and fall measuredly, it is said that they
  • A Have a regular rhythm
  • B Rhyme
  • C Are accented and unaccented
  • D Are well structured
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Question 1062:
This question is based on General Literary Principles.<br/>The ode and the elegy are examples of
  • A Sonnet
  • B Lyrical poetry
  • C Narrative poetry
  • D Blank verse
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Question 1063:
This question is based on General Literary Principles.<br/>A play that tells a single story, has one setting and takes place within a specified period is said to
  • A Be heavilymoralistic
  • B Be clearly cohesive
  • C Possess the unities
  • D Have tragic elements
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Question 1064:
This question is based on General Literary Principles. With beaded bubbles winking at the brim,<br/>And purple-stained mouth,'<br/>John Keats, 'Ode to a Nightingale'. The above lines are an example of
  • A Tautology
  • B Comic relief
  • C Euphemism
  • D Consonance
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Question 1065:
This question is based on Literary Principles.<br/>'Still stand stubborn<br/>To stones that strangle the dawn,<br/>Still stand stubborn<br/>To stones that maim the morn,<br/>still stand stubborn<br/>To stones that assail the sun'<br/>Atukwei Okai, 'Sunset Sonata'<br/>The dominant literary device employed in the above passage is
  • A Onomatopoeia
  • B Repetition
  • C Metonymy
  • D Alliteration
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