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376

'The pen is mightier than the sword' is an example of

  • A. metonymy
  • B. antonomasia
  • C. comparison
  • D. synecdoche
  • E. paradox.
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377
In poetry, the elegiac mood typically attends the occasion or experience of
  • A. triumph and fulfilment
  • B. birth and growth
  • C. death and decay
  • D. joy and ecstacy
  • E. illumination and discovery.
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378

Brenda suddenly stiffened in her chair and half turned her ear to the window, silent like an animal waiting to spring, an alertness that transformed her face to temporary ugliness. Arthur noticed it,
'He's coming', she said 'i heard the gate open.'

In this short passage, the writer succeeds in creating

  • A. anti-climax
  • B. pity
  • C. comic relief
  • D. suspense
  • E. characters.
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379

As a literary from the short story is most closely related to

  • A. poetry
  • B. the discourse
  • C. tragedy
  • D. the novel
  • E. drama.
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380

'How many ages hence Shall this our lofty scene be acted over?'In this passage, lofty scene refers to

  • A. a great event
  • B. the meeting of the conspirators
  • C. the funeral of Caesar
  • D. a scene acted on a raised platform
  • E. the assassination of Caesar.
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