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51

A character that is always against the interest of the protagonist is

A
opposition
B
heroine
C
villain
D
hero
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52

A limerick has

A
ornate style, humour, irony and seven lines
B
formal and elaborate style and humour
C
humour,rhyme scheme and five lines
D
a stinging climax, rhyme scheme, and five lines
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53

A panegyric poem is composed to

A
condemn
B
elaborate
C
abuse
D
praise
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54

This question is based on CAGED BIRD.

Read this excerpt from the poem and answer questions .

"The free bird thinks of another
breeze / and the trade winds
soft through the sighing trees"

What is the effect of the trees sighing in this verse?

A
It shows where the bird sleeps
B
It shows the tree is sleeping
C
It indicates that the bird is carefree
D
It indicates that it is still early in the day
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55

This question is based on THE SONG OF THE WOMEN OF MY LAND.

Use the excerpt to answer questions

"they sang in the forlorn fields
about their lives; songs
of how they ploughed the terrain of their landscape
for memories of lyrics lost in the vast void of time,
in those days when a song beheld their lives;
when servitude cuffed the ankles of their soul,
and dereliction decapitated the epic of their lives."

The theme of this excerpt is____
 

A
All of the above
B
the oppression of women
C
Joys of motherhood
D
colonization
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56

This question is based on BAT.

Use the excerpt to answer questions .
"Where light pushes through;
A sudden turning upon itself of a thing in the air.
A dip to the water.
And you think:
"The swallows are flying so late!"
Swallows?"

The dominant poetic device in the excerpt is___

A
Rhetorical question
B
imagery
C
Alliteration
D
Paradox
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57

The narrative style in which the hero tells his own story directly is the

A
objective
B
first-person
C
subjective
D
third-person
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58

When an object is invested with a meaning beyond its immediate reference, it becomes

A
a symbol
B
an irony
C
a subject
D
an epigram
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59

The process of creating character and endowing them with certain attitude is ......

A
Action
B
Character
C
Characterization
D
Dramatis personae
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60

 

The writing convention in which the events in narrative are scrambled as they come to the writer's mind without any attempt to arrange them in orderly sequence is called

A

psycho-consciousness styles

B

narrator\'s mind style

C

shifting style

D

stream of consciousness

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