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The novel, The Novella and the Short Story are the major sub-genres
  • A. non-fiction
  • B. prose fiction
  • C. poetry
  • D. drama
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'Have you got any hands today?
'No, i am working alone. My helpers are on strike
'Would you like to engage me? My fees are reasonable.'
'No thank you'.
In this brief dialogue, the first line contains the device known as
  • A. syncedoche
  • B. paradox
  • C. oxymoron
  • D. hyperbole
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'The early morning smoke had now gone off the eyes of the day. Trees and houses were still wet from last night's rain, but a cool breeze caressed the world like a gentle hand.'
The dominant literary device in this passage is
  • A. metaphor
  • B. oxymoron
  • C. synecdoche
  • D. personification
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'Was it for this you took such constant care
The bodkin, comb and essence to prepare?
For this your locks in paper durance bound?
For this with tort'ring iron wreath'd round?
The dominant figure of speech in the above passage is
  • A. synecdoche
  • B. rhetorical questions
  • C. parody
  • D. apostrophe.
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465
'A dungeon horrible, one all sides round'
As one great furnace flamed, yet for those flames
No light, but rather darkness visible'.
The phrase 'darkness visible' in the above lines is an example of
  • A. metaphor
  • B. hyperbole
  • C. oxymoron
  • D. litotes.
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