Literature in English SS2

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The device used to ridicule a person or a society in order to correct the ills or evils is called ________

(A) satire                (B) sarcasm

(C) euphemism      (D) mockery

Answer:   (A) satire 

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The hunter returned home with seven elephants on his head. What figurative expression is used?

(A) Oxymoron           (B) Hyperbole

(C) Personification    (D) Euphemism

Answer:   (B) Hyperbole

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When a character talks to himself or herself to the hearing of the audience and some other characters on stage, it is called a/an ______.

(A) Aside                  (B) Pun

(C) Soliloquy             (D) Satire

Answer:  (A) Aside  

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The chronological or sequential arrangement of any literary piece is called ____

(A) satire                   (B) plot

(C) allusion               (D) setting

Answer:  (B) plot

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The last two lines that rhyme in a Shakespearean sonnet is called _____

(A) Octave                  (B) Pun

(C) Couplet                 (D) Dirge

Answer:  (C) Couplet