The theme of the poem is
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118 questionsThe poem can be described as
These questions are based on Literary Appreciation
Don't panic. Be calm. If you are somehow upset... try to regain your exposure.
The speaker in the excerpt above is
What figure of speech is conveyed in the sentence below?
The booming of the gun.
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But the towering earth was tired sitting in one position . She moved, suddenly, and the houses crumbled, the mountains heaved horribly, and the work of a million years was lost.
The subject matter of the extract above is
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That age is best which is the first,
When youth and blood are warmer,
But being spent, the worse, and worst
Time still succeeds the former.
The rhyme scheme in the excerpt above is
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'That year the harvest was sad like a funeral and many farmers wept as they dug up the miserable yams. One man tied his clothes to a tree branch and hanged himself.
Chinua Achebe: Things Fall Apart.
The mood conveyed in the excerpt above is one of
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Bash: You dumb skull of a bone head... you will face court martial for this.
You look everywhere? You search inside toilet bowl?
Wole Soyinka: King Baabu
From the tone of the speech above the speaker is obviously
What figure of speech is used in the expression below?
'I have been here a thousand times.'
These questions are based on General Literary Principles.
Satirical writing employs
These questions are based on General Literary Principles.
The account of an experience of an individual during the course of a journey is known as
These questions are based on General Literary Principles.
In a narrative poem,the poet attempts to
Pun as a literary device deals with
These questions are based on General Literary Principles.
A plot structure that defies chronology can be described as
These questions are based on General Literary Principles.
The physical,historical or cultural background of a literary work is referred to as
These questions are based on General Literary Principles.
The narrative style in which the hero tells his own story directly is the.
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A formal dignified speech or writing praising a person or a thing for past or present deeds is
These questions are based on General Literary Principles.
Both comedy and tragedy have