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Which of the following is a rhetorical figure?
AEclogue
BPentameter
CSestina
DMetaphor
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: D. Metaphor
1. Metaphor is a trope substituting one image for another.
2. Pentameter is a metrical line, sestina is a verse form, eclogue is a pastoral genre.
3. The brief names 'rhetorical figures' as a content area.
_Source: Coverage brief — Literary History bucket — "prosody, rhetorical figures"_
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