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This question is based on General Literary Principles.

A paragraph in prose is equivalent to a
  • A. verse in poetry
  • B. stanza in poetry
  • C. metre in poetry
  • D. trope in poetry
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This question is based on General Literary Principles.

What sustains the interest of a reader in all literature is
  • A. ambiguity
  • B. characterization
  • C. suspense
  • D. plot
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This question is based on General Literary Principles.

Satire employs the use of
  • A. onomatopeia
  • B. irony
  • C. synecdoche
  • D. melancholy
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This question is based on General Literary Principles.

The speech made by a character to himself on stage is
  • A. epilogue
  • B. aside
  • C. soliloquy
  • D. monologue
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This question is based on General Literary Appreciation.

'Women as a clam, on the sea's crescent I saw your jealous eye quench the sea's Fluorescence, dance on the pulse incessant.'

Wole Soyinka: Night.

The line above suggest that women are
  • A. covetous
  • B. dogmatic
  • C. seers
  • D. magicians
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