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Question 12

Periphrasis in poetic diction is marked by

  • A.circumlocution
  • B.irony
  • C.proverb
  • D.parable
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Question details

Exam body
OAU
Subject
Literature-In-English
Year
2008/2009
Question no.
#12
Type
Objective
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