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This question is based on General Literary Principles.
A short narrative or lyrical poem intended to be sung is a

  • A. leich
  • B. lay
  • C. lauda
  • D. letrilla
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This question is based on General Literary Principles.

A figurative device in which a statement is made and then withdrawn is referred to as

  • A. metanoia
  • B. metaphysical
  • C. metalanguage
  • D. metalepsis
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This question is based on Literary Appreciation.

'You do not have to be brutal to be a soldier, or rather you are brutal not because you are a soldier, but because there is a murderer in you who is waiting for war and army uniforms to give them expression.'

Festus lyayi:Heroes

The speaker here contends that

  • A. soldiers are generally wicked
  • B. human nature has to do with a profession
  • C. soldiers are characteristically gentle
  • D. the latent brutality in man finds expression in war
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This question is based on Literary Appreciation.

But the towering earth was tired of sitting in one position. She moved, suddenly, and the houses crumbled, the mountains heaved horribly, and the work of a million years was lost.'

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The depicted image is one of

  • A. destruction
  • B. dejection
  • C. happiness
  • D. admiration
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The subject matter of the passage is

  • A. earthquake
  • B. demolition
  • C. flood
  • D. storm
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