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This question is based on General Literary Principles.

A literary work in which the characters and events are used as symbols is known as

  • A. characterization
  • B. allegory
  • C. metaphor
  • D. paralellism
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This question is based on General Literary Principles.

Characterization in a novel refers to the

  • A. writer's opinion of the characters
  • B. way the characters are revealed to the reader
  • C. characters and the way they behave
  • D. reader's opinion of the characters
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3

This question is based on General Literary Principles.

In literary work, verbal irony refers to a

  • A. device in which the speaker means the opposite of what he says
  • B. situation in which a character speaks or acts against the trend of events
  • C. difficult situation which defies a logical or rational resolution
  • D. device in which the actor on stage means exactly what he says
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This question is based on General Literary Principles.

In the theatre, words spoken by a character that are meant to be heard by the audience but not by the other characters on stage is called

  • A. aside
  • B. soliloquy
  • C. accoustic
  • D. tone
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This question is based on General Literary Principles.

Drama is the representation of a complete series of actions by means of

  • A. movement and gesture for the screen and audience
  • B. speech, movement and gesture for the stage only
  • C. speech, movement and gesture for the stage, screen and radio
  • D. speech, gesture and movement for the screen and radio
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