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The expression 'All the world is a stage' is a good example of the figure of speech known as
  • A. personification
  • B. paradox
  • C. onomatopoeia
  • D. simile
  • E. metaphor.
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277

The 'Settings' in a novel refers to

  • A. the point in the story where we first encounter the main character
  • B. the overall social and physical background of the main events in the novel
  • C. the home country of the hero or heroine
  • D. the location where the main event in the novel takes place
  • E. all the various places mentioned in the novel.
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'Then suddenly her heart was whipped up, she now rode on strange waves: alone defying the wind and the rain; alone, fighting hunger and thirst in the desert; alone, struggling with strange demons in the forest, bringing glad tidings to her people'.

The mood of the lady in this passage is one of
  • A. defeat
  • B. depression
  • C. triumphant defiance
  • D. simple elation
  • E. sorrow.
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'I breathed a sigh of relief when i was twenty-six, determined that from then on my life will take a turn for the better. To make sure this happened I did two things which made sure it never could: i got a job, and I got married'.

The quality which this passage displays is
  • A. inaccessibility
  • B. seriousness
  • C. humour
  • D. gloom
  • E. nervousness.
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280

'All was quiet in this park
Until the wind, like a gasping messenger, announced
The tyrant's coming
Then did the branches talk in agony'.


There is in line 2 ('like a gasping messenger...') an example of

  • A. oxymoron
  • B. metonymy
  • C. alliteration
  • D. simile
  • E. personification.
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