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"...Rage is Chief
Rage drags rags after you, of Charity
Laughter, sweetness and light, Rage is thief
Enemy of equanimity"

The figure of speech dominant in these lines is _____

  • A. apostrophe
  • B. personification
  • C. metaphor
  • D. simile
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'... Not a few of us ended our application letter like this: 'if you are kind enough to accomodate this humble application, Sir/Madam, I shall do my uttermost best to rendered you the greatest services which it is at my desposition to your best satisfactory. Yours obediently servant...' yet without English, you had no education fit for a white collar job
Cameron Daodu: The Gab Boys

The tone of the passage above is

  • A. Melancholic
  • B. Ironic
  • C. Harsh
  • D. Derisive
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A trilogy is the

  • A. set of three one-act drama written by related authors
  • B. series of related stories divided into three equal parts
  • C. sequence of three plays written by the same author
  • D. collection of three poems of equal length
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Dramatis personae in a play refers to

  • A. cast list
  • B. list of characters
  • C. portagonist and antagonist
  • D. order of appearance
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This question is based on SECOND CLASS CITIZEN.

"She swallowed it all, just like a nasty pill." The literary device employed here is

  • A. alliteration
  • B. metaphor
  • C. simile
  • D. apostrophe
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