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'Olu hissed, slammed the door and dash out screaming'.
The dominant figure of speech in the above sentence is
  • A. zeugma
  • B. oxymoron
  • C. hyperbole
  • D. onomotopoeia
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'For i have known them all already, known them all.
Have known the evenings, mornings, afternoons,
I have measured out my life with coffee spoons'.
The tone in these lines suggest
  • A. the authors desire to accomplish more in life
  • B. anxiety and tension
  • C. tediousness and boredom
  • D. anger and exasperation.
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''...her vesper done of all its wreathed pearls her hair she fees. Unclasps her warmed jewels one by one; Loosens her fragrant bodice; by degrees

Her rich attire creeps rustling to her knees''.

The passage gives ample evidence of the poet''s
  • A. sensuous description
  • B. meticulous attension to matters concerning women
  • C. mastery of the Spenserian stanza
  • D. sensual feelings and emotions.
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'what happens to a dream deferred?
Does it dry up
like a raisin in the sun?
Or fester like a sore-
And then run?'
In the above lines, the poet achieves special effect by the use of
  • A. transferred epithet
  • B. synecdoche
  • C. alliteration
  • D. simile.
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'A white ball of fire tore through the dome of the night. It exploded into the branches of a colossal tree of fire - whose stem instantly leapt towards the earth'.
The passage directs is appeal primarily to the sense of
  • A. hearing
  • B. sight
  • C. touch
  • D. smell.
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