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1041
This question is based on General Literary Principles
'Whereat: with blade, with bloody blameful blade.
He bravely broached his boiling bloody best'.
The dominant figure of speech in the lines above is
  • A. simile
  • B. alliteration
  • C. assonance
  • D. repetition
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1042
This question is based on General Literary Principles
A humorous play based on an unrealistic situation is considered in drama as
  • A. comedy
  • B. tragdy
  • C. farce
  • D. burlesque
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1043

This question is based on General Literary Principles.
The device used by writers to give truths by indirection is called

  • A. irony
  • B. paradox
  • C. hyperbole
  • D. satire
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1044

This question is based on General Literary Principles.
The arrangement of incidents in a novel in which one action precipitates another is called

  • A. sub theme
  • B. chronology
  • C. suspense
  • D. causality
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1045

This question is based on General Literary Principles.
The theme of a literary work is the

  • A. dominant pre-occupation of the work
  • B. interesting issues raised in the work
  • C. different views on a particular topic
  • D. psychological issues in the work
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