Word Meaning in the Preface to A Dictionary of the English Language — Unit test
Question 22 • SLAE 26-27 ENGLISH 12.1
Read the passage from "An Essay on Man.”And to their proper operation stillAscribe all Good, to their improper, Ill.Self-love, the spring of motion, acts the soul;Reason's comparing balance rules the whole.
Answer
A
parallelism in the line “And to their proper operation still.”
B
antithesis in the line “Ascribe all Good; to their improper, Ill.”
C
parallelism in the line “Self-love, the spring of motion, acts the soul.”
D
antithesis in the line “Reason’s comparing balance rules the whole.”