List of top English Questions on Figure Of Speech asked in CUET (PG)

Arrange the following in chronological order: A. Poststructuralism, B. Romantic Criticism, C. Augustan Criticism, D. Classical Criticism.
Which of the following statements are correct? A. The period from the 1960s to the present can be considered the postmodern period. B. Postmodernism came immediately after World War I. C. Well-known authors of the postmodern period are John Barth, Cormac McCarthy, Don DeLillo etc. D. Samuel Beckett's Jacob's Room is a postmodernist work. E. Eliot's “Sailing to Byzantium” is a postmodernist work.
Match List-I with List-II. List-I: A. Astrophel, B. Lycidas, C. Adonais, D. Thyrsis. List-II: I. Edmund Spenser, II. P.B. Shelley, III. John Milton, IV. Matthew Arnold.
Arrange the following books/essays chronologically by the year of publication: A. Judith Butler's Gender Trouble, B. Edward Said's Orientalism, C. Homi K. Bhabha's The Location of Culture, D. Gayatri C. Spivak's “Can the Subaltern Speak?”
Which of the following statements are correct? A. In Poetics, Aristotle defines poetry as an imitation. B. Imitation has been coined from the word ‘imagism'. C. Imitation is mimesis in Greek. D. In imitation the speaker is always an urban, witty and tolerant man. E. Imitation is used to define the nature of literature and other arts.
Arrange the following in chronological order of their publication: A. Vallabhbhai Patel's For a United India: Speeches, B. Rajendra Prasad's India Divided, C. J.B. Kripalani's The Gandhian Way, D. Abul Kalam Azad's India Wins Freedom.
Match List-I with List-II
\[\begin{array}{|c|c|} \hline \textbf{List-I} & \textbf{List-II} \\ \text{Genre} & \text{Definition} \\ \hline \hline \text{(A). Sonnet} & \text{(I). A long verse narrative on a serious subject} \\ \hline \text{(B). Lyric} & \text{(II). A formal and sustained lament in verse} \\ \hline \text{(C). Epic} & \text{(III). A poem uttered by a single speaker who expresses his thoughts or emotions} \\ \hline \text{(D). Elegy} & \text{(IV). A poem of fourteen lines} \\ \hline \end{array}\]
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Which figure of speech is used in the opening line of Spenser's sonnet LVII (57) - 'Sweet Warrior! When Shall I Have Peace with Thee?'
"Shimmering snow on the southern slope of the Simla hills," is an example of:
"Sethe", he says, "me and you, we got more yesterday than anybody. We need some more kind of tomorrow."
Which figure of speech is used here? Choose the most appropriate answer.
Which of the following literary terms refer to a play on words where a word has two or more meanings, or words that sound similar but have different meanings?
(A). Alliteration
(B). Pun
(C). Symbolism
(D). Allusion

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Match List-I with List-II
\[\begin{array}{|c|c|} \hline \textbf{List-I} & \textbf{List-II} \\ \text{Genre} & \text{Definition} \\ \hline \hline \text{(A). Sonnet} & \text{(I). A long verse narrative on a serious subject} \\ \hline \text{(B). Lyric} & \text{(II). A formal and sustained lament in verse} \\ \hline \text{(C). Epic} & \text{(III). A poem uttered by a single speaker who expresses his thoughts or emotions} \\ \hline \text{(D). Elegy} & \text{(IV). A poem of fourteen lines} \\ \hline \end{array}\]
Choose the correct answer from the options given below: