Tag: techniques of style

Questions Related to techniques of style

Identify the genre to which the following passage belongs:

Come live with me and be my love,
And we will all the pleasures prove,
That Valleys, groves, hills, and fields,
Woods, or steepy mountain yields.

And we will sit upon the Rocks,
Seeing the Shepherds feed their flocks,
By shallow Rivers to whose falls
Melodious birds sing Madrigals.

techniques of style reading comprehension english

  1. Satire

  2. Allegory

  3. Pastoral

  4. Comedy

Show answer
Correct Option: C
Explanation:

"...we will all the pleasures prove, 
That Valleys, groves, hills, and fields, 
Woods, or steepy mountain yields." - these lines from the given poem idealize the countryside and so the poem qualifies as pastoral. The given poem is definitely not satiric or allegoric (a poem with an implied moral lesson) and it also does not belong to the genre of comedy. So, the answer is option C. 

Identify the literary device used in the following passage:

   This was early in March. During the next three months, there was much secret activity. Majors speech had given to the more intelligent animals on the farm a completely new outlook on life. They did not know when the Rebellion predicted by Major would take place, they had no reason for thinking that it would be within their own lifetime, but they saw clearly that it was their duty to prepare for it. The work of teaching and organizing the others fell naturally upon the pigs, who were generally recognized as being the cleverest of the animals.  
   Pre-eminent among the pigs were two young boars named Snowball and  Napoleon, whom Mr. Jones was breeding up for sale.... Several nights a week, after Mr. Jones was asleep, they held secret meetings in the barn and expounded the principles of Animalism to the others.
techniques of style reading comprehension english

  1. Simile

  2. Allusion

  3. Allegory

  4. Satire

Show answer
Correct Option: C
Explanation:

The passage given belongs to the genre of allegory. Allegory generally refers to a story that can be interpreted to reveal a hidden meaning which usually turns out to be  either moral or political. This passage is allegoric as it has a moral lesson: animalism. The principle of Animalism is that all animals are friends. So, option C is the answer.

Identify the literary device used in the following passage:

Jesus said: A man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho, when he was attacked by robbers. They stripped him of his clothes, beat him and went away, leaving him half dead. A priest happened to be going down the same road, and when he saw the man, he passed by on the other side. So too, a Levite, when he came to the place and saw him, passed by on the other side. But a Samaritan, as he traveled, came where the man was; and when he saw him, he took pity on him. He went to him and bandaged his wounds, pouring on oil and wine. Then he put the man on his own donkey, brought him to an inn and took care of him. The next day he took out two denarii and gave them to the innkeeper. Look after him, he said, and when I return, I will reimburse you for any extra expense you may have.

techniques of style reading comprehension english

  1. Synecdoche

  2. Irony

  3. Parable

  4. Satire

Show answer
Correct Option: C
Explanation:

A Parable is a short, simple tale that is used to teach a moral or spiritual lesson - as done by Jesus in the Gospels. The given passage is a parable. So, option  C is the answer.

They marched until dusk, then dug their holes, and that night Kiowa kept explaining how you had to be there, how fast it was, how the poor guy just dropped like so much concrete. Boom-down, he said. Like cement.

The passage above contains an instance of

techniques of style reading comprehension english

  1. hyperbole

  2. synecdoche

  3. indirect dialogue

  4. fable

Show answer
Correct Option: C
Explanation:

The passage uses the statement "Bow-down, he said." which is an example of indirect dialogue. So, the answer to the question asked is option C.

Identify the literary device used in the following lines:

What's the use you learning to do right, when it's troublesome to do right and isn't no trouble to do wrong, and the wages is just the same?

techniques of style reading comprehension english

  1. Metaphor

  2. Paean

  3. Satire

  4. Epigram

Show answer
Correct Option: C
Explanation:

The given lines employ irony to make a comment on issue of wages. This is an illustration of satire. The given lines employ satire to make a social commentary. The correct answer is option C.

Cleopatra: Give me some music; music, moody food
Of us that trade in love.
Attendants. The music, ho!

[Enter Mardian]

Cleopatra: Let it alone; lets to billiards: come, Charmian.
Charmian: My arm is sore; best play with Mardian.

The passage mentions billiards which is a game that was not invented till centuries after Cleopatra's time. The passage contains an instance of

techniques of style reading comprehension english

  1. allusion

  2. anachronism

  3. synecdoche

  4. hyperbole

Show answer
Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Anachronism is the action of attributing something to a period to which it does not belong. The game of Billiards does not belong to the period of Cleopatra. Thus, the answer here is anachronism. Option B is the answer.