A. modern mode of words
B. up-to-date words
C. literary words
D. obsolete words
Related Mcqs:
- Let me for a few moments turn your attention to the reservations in the different states of New England, and, with but few exceptions, we shall find them as follows: the most mean, abject, miserable race of beings in the world – a complete place of prodigality and prostitution. What does “prodigality” mean ?
A. Wasteful extravagance
B. Promiscuity
C. Return from the dead
D. Redemption - What do you mean by Quatrain ?
A. a poem of fourteen lines
B. a stanza of fourteen lines
C. a stanza of six lines
D. a stanza of four lines - What do you mean by Heroic Couplet ?
A. a pair of rhyming iambic pentameter
B. a two line stanza
C. a poem of lamentation
D. a song for mourning - What do you mean by Phonetics ?
A. study of speech sounds
B. study of language and rules
C. study of insects
D. study of meaning and syntax - What do you mean by Beast Fable ?
A. a fictional story of animal characters
B. a short story
C. a long narrative prose
D. a soft style epic - What do you mean by Burlesque ?
A. a satiric caricature of the characters
B. a drama
C. a satiric person
D. an allegorical statement - What do you mean by Stanza ?
A. a division of drama
B. a division of novel
C. a division of story
D. a subdivision of a poem - What do you mean by Hyperbole ?
A. a long verse
B. a long narrative poem
C. an overriding view
D. an overstatement about something - What do you mean by Diction ?
A. choice of words for writing
B. choice of characters
C. choice of rhythms
D. choice of simile and metaphor - What does the term “passing” mean ?
A. The ability of an African American to live as a White person.
B. To do well on one’s schoolwork.
C. To leave one’s past behind.
D. To gain approval from one’s community.
