Literary devices-Paper 1

Question 1

The repetition of initial consonant sounds

Answer 1

Alliteration

Question 2

unwritten, unspoken

Answer 2

tacit

Question 3

things left out

Answer 3

narrative gaps

Question 4

corrupt, decaying

Answer 4

decadent

Question 5

all together

Answer 5

cohesive

Question 6

Ordinary

Answer 6

Mundane

Question 7

a peculiar, untranslatable expression

Answer 7

idiom

Question 8

noble, generous in spirit

Answer 8

magnanimous

Question 9

Taking sides, being non-neutral

Answer 9

Partial

Question 10

Practical

Answer 10

Pragmatic

Question 11

a distinctive name or nickname

Answer 11

Moniker

Question 12

show submission or fear

Answer 12

Cower

Question 13

a form of social system in which power goes to those with superior intellects

Answer 13

meritocracy

Question 14

Unease

Answer 14

Malaise

Question 15

something or someone that is not in its correct historical or chronological time, especially a thing or person that belongs to an earlier time:

Answer 15

anachronism

Question 16

Puzzle, a saying, question, picture, etc., containing a hidden meaning; riddle, a puzzling or inexplicable occurrence or situation

Answer 16

enigma

Question 17

characteristic of informal spoken language, conversational

Answer 17

colloquial

Question 18

stealthy, secretive

Answer 18

furtive

Question 19

Open, obvious

Answer 19

overt