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Question 51

An exaggeration or overstatement in literature is

  • A. Hexameter
  • B. Hyperbole
  • C. Metaphor
  • D. Soliloquy
Objective

Question details

Exam body
BUK
Subject
Literature in English
Year
2008/2009
Question no.
#51
Type
Objective
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