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The narrative style in which the hero tells his own story directly is the
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This question is based on SECOND CLASS CITIZEN.
"She swallowed it all, just like a nasty pill." The literary device employed here is
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The oldest genre of literature is poetry.
Poetry can be traced back thousands of years to ancient civilizations such as the Sumerians, Egyptians, and Greeks. It predates other forms of literature like drama and prose.
What makes poetry unique is its use of rhythm, meter, and language that is often more expressive and condensed than other forms of writing. It is a form of artistic expression that evokes emotions and creates vivid imagery through the use of carefully chosen words and structures.
Throughout history, poetry has been used to communicate stories, share cultural traditions, express love, and even convey political or social messages.
In summary, poetry is the oldest genre of literature, dating back to ancient civilizations, and it continues to be appreciated and enjoyed by people around the world today.
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A structural arrangement of unit of composition by which one element of equal importance with another is similarly placed is called
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CYCLIST gets down and begins to prop his bicycle.
CYCLIST: All right. If you're sure it won't take long.
BARBER: I am known for my lightning clippers. Even the soldiers know me. I can shave the head of an entire battalion between one coup and the next. Sit down and relax your back. Cycling is not easy
when you've abandoned it for some time.
Wole Soyinka, The Beautification of Area Boy.
The literary devices in the dialogue above are
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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___
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The exclusive right given to authors to protect their works from unlawful production is
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When an object is invested with a meaning beyond its immediate reference, it becomes
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The term given to a type of incident or device which recurs frequently in Literature is
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A story with elements that have both literal and figurative meanings is
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Jose Palacios, his oldest servant, found him floating naked with his eyes open in the purifying waters of his bath and thought he had drowned. He knew this was, one of the many ways the General meditated, but the ecstasy in which he lay drifting seemed that of a man no longer of this world.
Gabriel Garcia Marquez, The General in His Labyrinth
The master in the passage above is obviously in a state of
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'... Not a few of us ended our application letter like this: 'if you are kind enough to accomodate this humble application, Sir/Madam, I shall do my uttermost best to rendered you the greatest services which it is at my desposition to your best satisfactory. Yours obediently servant...' yet without English, you had no education fit for a white collar job
Cameron Daodu: The Gab Boys
The tone of the passage above is
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*For seven days it rained that June;
A storm half out to sea kept turning around like a dog trying to settle himself on a rug; We were the fleas that
complained in his hair.
John Updike, Wash
The image set in the lines above are of
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This question is based on THE JOURNEY OF THE MAGI.
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"And running away, and wanting their liquor and women,
And the night-fires going out, and the lack of shelters,
And the cities hostile and the towns unfriendly"
The dominant device in this excerpt is ___
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An action in a play that stimulates the audience to pity a character is
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This question is based on CAGED BIRD.
"for the caged bird/sings of freedom.",
The poetic device used in this expression is____
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The use of two contrasting words that are placed side by side is called
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'Will college make you a better Olokun priest?
Will it make you serve our ancestors better?
Look at me. An able-bodied, strong-hearted priest of Olokun.
Did I go to college?
Gracy Osifo:Dizzy Angel
The literary device used in the passage above is
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This question is based on THE GOOD MORROW.
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"If ever any beauty I did see,
Which I desired, and got, 'twas but a dream of thee."
The excerpt above evokes the use of ____
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"...Rage is Chief
Rage drags rags after you, of Charity
Laughter, sweetness and light, Rage is thief
Enemy of equanimity"
The figure of speech dominant in these lines is _____
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A Government Driver on His Retirement is a poem of thirty-three lines divided into _______ stanzas.
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A metrical pause occurring in the middle of a line in a poem is called
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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?
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This question is based on A GOVERNMENT DRIVER ON HIS RETIREMENT.
"Many years on wheels" The reference to "wheels" exemplifies the use of ___ in the poem.
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A trilogy is the
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This question is based on THE LEADER AND THE LED.
" The hyena says the crown is made for him" in the above excerpt, the use of the word "crown " is a good deployment of ____
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A formal dignified speech or writing praising or a thing for past or present deeds is
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When he gave me the bottle, and I opened it,
I was shocked by the odour that hit my nose:
I immediately corked it again, and spat on the floor..
Isidore Okpewho, The Last Duty.
The reaction in the passage above is that of
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The subject matter of a literary work is the
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A long story narrating a series of complicated events is called a
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'The fair breeze blew
The white foam flew
The furrow followed free
We were the first that ever burst
Into that silent sea.'
The dominant figure of speech in the above passage is
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"She wanted to split herself. But she checked herself. 'Get dressed,' she said earnestly. 'Get dressed and let's go. You know I have a lot of things to do. And if we are going to meet again like this... 'She slapped the bed, 'then it won't be here. It will be at the Samson and Delilah.'" -
Festus Iyayi; Violence
In the passage above, the speaker can be described as
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A novel that features spiritual apparitions as major character is
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This question is based on RAIDER OF THE TREASURE TROVE.
"To fly flags of joy" Two figures of speech used here are
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________ are generally regarded as brief but purposeful references, within a literary text, to a person, place, event, or to another work of literature.
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