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Question 20
Section D GENERAL LITERARY PRINCIPLES
Question 18-20 are based on General literary principles.

The poetic device in which a part is used to 2. represent the whole is called

  • A.metonymy
  • B.synecdoche
  • C.hyperbole
  • D.litotes.
Objective

Question details

Exam body
OAU
Subject
Literature-In-English
Year
2015/2016
Question no.
#20
Type
Objective
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