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Literature in English Past Questions and Answers

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Question 181:
Read the expression carefully:<br/>“O Justice, hear the cry of the innocent.”<br/>The figure of speech used is:
  • A Metonymy
  • B Apostrophe
  • C Consonance
  • D Synecdoche
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Question 182:
Read the line below carefully:<br/>“The angry clouds marched across the sky.”<br/>The literary device in the expression above is:
  • A Personification
  • B Litotes
  • C Paradox
  • D Synecdoche
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Question 183:
Which genre depends heavily on dialogue between characters?
  • A Mythology
  • B Prose only
  • C Drama
  • D Poetry only
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Question 184:
A village singer tells a story of war, betrayal, and lost love through music and repeated verses. The literary form is most likely:
  • A Allegory
  • B Sonnet
  • C Ballad
  • D Myth
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Question 185:
Which line below best illustrates alliteration?
  • A The moon rose quietly above
  • B Children laughed after school
  • C Timid tigers trembled tonight
  • D Birds gathered near the river
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