Part 2: Literary Devices in The Importance of Being Earnest

Question 1

What literary device does Gwendolen use when she says, "I think there must be some slight error”?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

C: understatement

Question 2

Which line from Act II of The Importance of Being Earnest is an epigram?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

B: “It is always painful to part from people whom one has known for a very brief space of time.”

Question 3

Which line from Act II of The Importance of Being Earnest is a paradox?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

D: “Well, one must be serious about something, if one wants to have any amusement in life.”

Question 4

What literary device does Wilde use in this passage?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

A: pun

Question 5

The pun in this passage relies on which two definitions of the word little?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

B: “younger”; E: “small in size”

Part 2: Literary Devices in The Importance of Being Earnest Answers