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Question 8

What figure of speech does the following quotation contain? Life's but a walking shadow (Macbeth)

  • A.a metaphor
  • B.an image
  • C.a synecdoche
  • D.an allusion
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Exam body
ABU
Subject
English Language
Year
2016/2017
Question no.
#8
Type
Objective
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