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Language Genres, Rhetoric and Comprehension

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  1. Which language genre in the Leaving Certificate English syllabus is characterized by personal reflection, subjective contemplation, and conversational intimacy?
  2. What rhetorical device is employed in the phrase: "We shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields..."?
  3. Identify the primary distinguishing feature of 'The Language of Argument':
  4. Choose the option that exemplifies a 'paradox':
  5. In dramatic analysis, what is the term for a dramatic speech delivered by a character alone on stage, revealing their innermost thoughts to the audience?
  6. Choose the figure of speech that uses a part to represent the whole (e.g., "all hands on deck"):
  7. What term describes the emotional release or cleansing experienced by the audience at the culmination of a classic tragedy?
  8. In stylistic analysis, what is 'sibilance'?
  9. What does 'hubris' signify in classical tragedy and drama?
  10. Identify the poetic device in the line: "The buzz-saw snarled and rattled in the yard." (Robert Frost):
  11. What is the function of a 'caesura' in poetic meter?
  12. Which phrase correctly describes 'enjambment'?

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