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1086
This question is based on General Literary Principles.
Poems that are not written in meter or regular line length are called
  • A. short verses
  • B. rhythmic verses
  • C. free verses
  • D. irregular verses
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1087
This question is based on General Literary Principles.
When two statements or comparisons are apparently contradictory, we have an example of
  • A. irony
  • B. paradox
  • C. contrast
  • D. parallelism
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1088
This question is based on General Literary Principles.
'If Winter comes, can Spring be far behind?
Shelly''Ode to the West Wind'
The literary device used here is
  • A. an apostrophe
  • B. an allegory
  • C. a poetic license
  • D. a rhetoric
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1089

This question is based on General Literary Principles.
A melodramatic play is based on

  • A. a melodious manipulation of events
  • B. ingredients that mllow down events
  • C. sensational plot and characters
  • D. the playwright's didactic overtones
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1090
This question is based on General Literary Principles.
In drama, a conspicuous weakness in the character of the protagonist contributing to his downfall is referred to as
  • A. an anagnorisis
  • B. a tragic flaw
  • C. a catharsis
  • D. a catastrophe
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