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This question is based on General Literary Principles.
When a story is told in a song and passed down by word of mouth, it is called

  • A. a sonnet
  • B. an epic
  • C. a ballad
  • D. a singer's story
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This question is based on General Literary Principles.
The purgation of the emotions of pity and fear in tragedy is called
  • A. catharsis
  • B. tragi-comedy
  • C. demetia
  • D. cleansing
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This question is based on General Literary Principles.
Comic relief is

  • A. the use of humorous characters speeches or scenes in a tragic work
  • B. a figure of speech used in comic theatre
  • C. the use of hearty and wholesome laughter in plays
  • D. a device used in the theatre where a play ends in marriage
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This question is based on General Literary Principles.
A quatrain is
  • A. the last line of a poem
  • B. the fourth line of a sonnet
  • C. a poem which ends with a question
  • D. a stanza consisting of four lines
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This question is based on General Literary Principles.
An exaggeration or overstatement in literature is a
  • A. hexameter
  • B. hyperbole
  • C. metaphor
  • D. soliloquy
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