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Question 1
ప్రశ్న 1
What does stylistics primarily investigate?
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Explanation:
• Stylistics applies linguistic methods to the analysis of style in literary and non-literary texts.
• It examines how choices in sound, vocabulary, grammar and discourse contribute to meaning and effect.
• Stylistic analysis is systematic and evidence-based rather than purely impressionistic.
• Etymology, phonetic anatomy and genetic classification belong to other branches of linguistics.
• It examines how choices in sound, vocabulary, grammar and discourse contribute to meaning and effect.
• Stylistic analysis is systematic and evidence-based rather than purely impressionistic.
• Etymology, phonetic anatomy and genetic classification belong to other branches of linguistics.
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Question 2
ప్రశ్న 2
In stylistics, style is best understood as:
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Explanation:
• Style arises from patterned linguistic choices made from the alternatives available in a language.
• These choices may involve vocabulary, syntax, sound patterning, cohesion and discourse organization.
• Style is shaped by purpose, genre, audience, situation and individual preference.
• It is not confined to poetry or to visual presentation.
• These choices may involve vocabulary, syntax, sound patterning, cohesion and discourse organization.
• Style is shaped by purpose, genre, audience, situation and individual preference.
• It is not confined to poetry or to visual presentation.
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Question 3
ప్రశ్న 3
Which term refers to language variation according to situation, purpose and social activity?
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Explanation:
• Register is variation associated with situation, communicative purpose and social activity.
• A legal register, scientific register and conversational register differ in characteristic vocabulary and structure.
• Dialect is associated primarily with region or social group, while idiolect refers to an individual's habits.
• Allomorph is a morphological term.
• A legal register, scientific register and conversational register differ in characteristic vocabulary and structure.
• Dialect is associated primarily with region or social group, while idiolect refers to an individual's habits.
• Allomorph is a morphological term.
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Question 4
ప్రశ్న 4
Deviation in literary language occurs when a text:
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Explanation:
• Deviation is a departure from ordinary or expected linguistic patterns.
• It may occur at phonological, graphological, lexical, grammatical or semantic levels.
• Writers can use deviation to create surprise, emphasis, ambiguity or aesthetic impact.
• A deviation is interpreted relative to a norm rather than as an error automatically.
• It may occur at phonological, graphological, lexical, grammatical or semantic levels.
• Writers can use deviation to create surprise, emphasis, ambiguity or aesthetic impact.
• A deviation is interpreted relative to a norm rather than as an error automatically.
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Question 5
ప్రశ్న 5
Foregrounding is most accurately described as:
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Explanation:
• Foregrounding makes particular features of a text perceptually prominent.
• It can arise through deviation from a norm or through unexpected regularity and parallelism.
• Foregrounded elements attract attention and often carry interpretive significance.
• The concept is strongly associated with Prague School stylistics.
• It can arise through deviation from a norm or through unexpected regularity and parallelism.
• Foregrounded elements attract attention and often carry interpretive significance.
• The concept is strongly associated with Prague School stylistics.
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Question 6
ప్రశ్న 6
Which theorist is closely associated with the concept of foregrounding in literary language?
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Explanation:
• Jan Mukařovský is closely associated with the development of foregrounding within Prague School theory.
• Foregrounding describes the aesthetic prominence of linguistic features in literary texts.
• The idea also develops earlier Russian Formalist discussions of defamiliarization.
• Bloomfield, Krashen and Hymes are associated with structural linguistics, language acquisition and communicative competence respectively.
• Foregrounding describes the aesthetic prominence of linguistic features in literary texts.
• The idea also develops earlier Russian Formalist discussions of defamiliarization.
• Bloomfield, Krashen and Hymes are associated with structural linguistics, language acquisition and communicative competence respectively.
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Question 7
ప్రశ్న 7
Parallelism in a text involves:
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Explanation:
• Parallelism repeats or balances similar phonological, grammatical or semantic structures.
• It can create rhythm, emphasis, contrast and cohesion.
• Parallelism may foreground an idea through regularity rather than deviation.
• It is common in poetry, speeches, advertisements and biblical prose.
• It can create rhythm, emphasis, contrast and cohesion.
• Parallelism may foreground an idea through regularity rather than deviation.
• It is common in poetry, speeches, advertisements and biblical prose.
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Question 8
ప్రశ్న 8
Which pattern is the clearest example of phonological parallelism?
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Explanation:
• Repetition of initial consonant sounds is alliteration and creates phonological parallelism.
• Sound patterning can contribute to rhythm, emphasis and memorability.
• Shared tense is syntactic or grammatical parallelism, while a semantic field produces lexical cohesion.
• Thought presentation concerns narrative discourse rather than sound patterning.
• Sound patterning can contribute to rhythm, emphasis and memorability.
• Shared tense is syntactic or grammatical parallelism, while a semantic field produces lexical cohesion.
• Thought presentation concerns narrative discourse rather than sound patterning.
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Question 9
ప్రశ్న 9
Phonological style includes the analysis of:
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Explanation:
• Phonological style examines patterned sound effects in texts.
• Relevant features include rhyme, metre, rhythm, alliteration, assonance, consonance and sound symbolism.
• Such patterns may reinforce mood, emphasis and thematic associations.
• Lexical and syntactic choices require separate but related levels of analysis.
• Relevant features include rhyme, metre, rhythm, alliteration, assonance, consonance and sound symbolism.
• Such patterns may reinforce mood, emphasis and thematic associations.
• Lexical and syntactic choices require separate but related levels of analysis.
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Question 10
ప్రశ్న 10
Lexical stylistics is chiefly concerned with:
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Explanation:
• Lexical stylistics studies the vocabulary choices that characterize a text.
• It may examine formal or colloquial diction, semantic fields, repetition, neologism and collocation.
• Lexical patterns contribute to characterization, tone, ideology and thematic development.
• Pitch and articulation belong primarily to phonetics and phonology.
• It may examine formal or colloquial diction, semantic fields, repetition, neologism and collocation.
• Lexical patterns contribute to characterization, tone, ideology and thematic development.
• Pitch and articulation belong primarily to phonetics and phonology.
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Question 11
ప్రశ్న 11
Which feature belongs primarily to syntactic style?
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Explanation:
• Syntactic style concerns the arrangement and complexity of phrases, clauses and sentences.
• Relevant features include coordination, subordination, sentence length, inversion and repetition of structures.
• Syntax can create pace, suspense, emphasis and distinctive narrative voice.
• Vocabulary, sound and accent belong to other stylistic dimensions.
• Relevant features include coordination, subordination, sentence length, inversion and repetition of structures.
• Syntax can create pace, suspense, emphasis and distinctive narrative voice.
• Vocabulary, sound and accent belong to other stylistic dimensions.
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Question 12
ప్రశ్న 12
Which figure of speech transfers a term from one domain to another on the basis of perceived similarity?
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Explanation:
• Metaphor understands or describes one domain in terms of another through perceived similarity or conceptual mapping.
• In time is a thief, time is represented through the domain of theft.
• Metonymy is based more on association or contiguity than similarity.
• Litotes uses understatement through negation, while anaphora repeats an expression at successive beginnings.
• In time is a thief, time is represented through the domain of theft.
• Metonymy is based more on association or contiguity than similarity.
• Litotes uses understatement through negation, while anaphora repeats an expression at successive beginnings.
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Question 13
ప్రశ్న 13
Which figure of speech substitutes the name of an associated entity for the thing intended?
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Explanation:
• Metonymy is based on a relation of association or contiguity.
• The crown may stand for monarchy, and the press may stand for news organizations.
• A simile makes an explicit comparison, while hyperbole exaggerates.
• An oxymoron brings apparently contradictory terms together.
• The crown may stand for monarchy, and the press may stand for news organizations.
• A simile makes an explicit comparison, while hyperbole exaggerates.
• An oxymoron brings apparently contradictory terms together.
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Question 14
ప్రశ్న 14
Consider the following statements. Statement I: Foregrounding can result from deviation. Statement II: Foregrounding can also result from conspicuous parallelism. Which option is correct?
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Explanation:
• Statement I is correct because departures from expected norms can draw attention to linguistic form.
• Statement II is correct because unexpected regularity or repetition can also become prominent.
• Foregrounding therefore operates through both deviation and parallelism.
• Hence, both statements are correct.
• Statement II is correct because unexpected regularity or repetition can also become prominent.
• Foregrounding therefore operates through both deviation and parallelism.
• Hence, both statements are correct.
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Question 15
ప్రశ్న 15
Which of the following statements about literary language are correct? 1. It may foreground form as well as content. 2. It may exploit ambiguity and deviation. 3. It is completely separate from ordinary language. 4. It can use ordinary linguistic resources in unusually patterned ways.
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Explanation:
• Statement 1 is correct because literary texts often draw attention to the organization of language.
• Statement 2 is correct because ambiguity and deviation may produce interpretive richness.
• Statement 3 is incorrect because literary language draws on the same linguistic system as ordinary language.
• Statement 4 is correct because familiar resources may be patterned in distinctive ways.
• Therefore, statements 1, 2 and 4 are correct.
• Statement 2 is correct because ambiguity and deviation may produce interpretive richness.
• Statement 3 is incorrect because literary language draws on the same linguistic system as ordinary language.
• Statement 4 is correct because familiar resources may be patterned in distinctive ways.
• Therefore, statements 1, 2 and 4 are correct.
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Question 16
ప్రశ్న 16
Assertion: A stylistic interpretation should be supported by linguistic evidence. Reason: Stylistics seeks to relate identifiable textual patterns to meaning and effect.
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Explanation:
• The Assertion is correct because stylistic claims should be grounded in observable textual features.
• The Reason is correct because stylistics connects linguistic patterns with interpretive effects.
• This evidence-based relationship distinguishes stylistic analysis from unsupported impression.
• Therefore, the Reason correctly explains the Assertion.
• The Reason is correct because stylistics connects linguistic patterns with interpretive effects.
• This evidence-based relationship distinguishes stylistic analysis from unsupported impression.
• Therefore, the Reason correctly explains the Assertion.
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Question 17
ప్రశ్న 17
Match List I with List II. List I: 1. Phonological style 2. Lexical style 3. Syntactic style 4. Foregrounding. List II: a. Sentence structure and word order b. Prominence through deviation or parallelism c. Sound patterning and rhythm d. Vocabulary and semantic fields.
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Explanation:
• Phonological style matches c because it studies sound patterning and rhythm.
• Lexical style matches d because it examines vocabulary and semantic fields.
• Syntactic style matches a because it concerns sentence structure and word order.
• Foregrounding matches b because it creates prominence through deviation or parallelism.
• Therefore, the correct code is 1-c, 2-d, 3-a, 4-b.
• Lexical style matches d because it examines vocabulary and semantic fields.
• Syntactic style matches a because it concerns sentence structure and word order.
• Foregrounding matches b because it creates prominence through deviation or parallelism.
• Therefore, the correct code is 1-c, 2-d, 3-a, 4-b.
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Question 18
ప్రశ్న 18
Which point of view uses a narrator who refers to the self as I and participates in the story?
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Explanation:
• First-person narration uses pronouns such as I and we.
• The narrator participates in or witnesses the events being narrated.
• First-person narrators may be reliable or unreliable and may have limited knowledge.
• Third-person narration generally refers to characters as he, she or they.
• The narrator participates in or witnesses the events being narrated.
• First-person narrators may be reliable or unreliable and may have limited knowledge.
• Third-person narration generally refers to characters as he, she or they.
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Question 19
ప్రశ్న 19
A narrator who can enter the minds of several characters and reveal their private thoughts is best described as:
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Explanation:
• A third-person omniscient narrator has broad access to the thoughts, feelings and experiences of multiple characters.
• Such a narrator may also move freely across times and locations.
• A first-person witness is limited by participation and personal knowledge.
• An objective narrator reports observable action without entering minds.
• Such a narrator may also move freely across times and locations.
• A first-person witness is limited by participation and personal knowledge.
• An objective narrator reports observable action without entering minds.
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Question 20
ప్రశ్న 20
Which form of speech presentation gives a character's words without a reporting clause and without quotation marks while retaining the flavour of the character's voice?
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Explanation:
• Free indirect speech blends the narrator's third-person and past-tense framework with features associated with the character's voice.
• It normally omits quotation marks and an explicit reporting clause.
• Deictic, evaluative or expressive elements may preserve the character's perspective.
• It occupies an intermediate position between direct and indirect speech.
• It normally omits quotation marks and an explicit reporting clause.
• Deictic, evaluative or expressive elements may preserve the character's perspective.
• It occupies an intermediate position between direct and indirect speech.
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Question 21
ప్రశ్న 21
Which example best represents direct thought?
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Explanation:
• Direct thought presents the character's thought in a form resembling its supposed original wording.
• It is commonly marked by a reporting clause and quotation marks or another typographical convention.
• She wondered whether the train had left is indirect thought.
• The other options narrate mental activity without directly presenting the wording of the thought.
• It is commonly marked by a reporting clause and quotation marks or another typographical convention.
• She wondered whether the train had left is indirect thought.
• The other options narrate mental activity without directly presenting the wording of the thought.
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Question 22
ప్రశ్న 22
Which statement best distinguishes free indirect discourse from ordinary indirect discourse?
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Explanation:
• Free indirect discourse often omits an explicit reporting clause while blending narrator and character perspectives.
• It may retain exclamations, evaluative vocabulary and deictic features associated with the character.
• Ordinary indirect discourse more clearly subordinates the represented speech or thought to a reporting clause.
• Free indirect discourse commonly occurs in third-person narratives.
• It may retain exclamations, evaluative vocabulary and deictic features associated with the character.
• Ordinary indirect discourse more clearly subordinates the represented speech or thought to a reporting clause.
• Free indirect discourse commonly occurs in third-person narratives.
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Question 23
ప్రశ్న 23
Corpus stylistics contributes to textual analysis by:
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Explanation:
• Corpus stylistics uses electronic corpora and computational tools to investigate textual patterns.
• Analysts may examine frequency, keywords, clusters, collocations and distributions.
• Quantitative findings are interpreted in relation to literary context and stylistic effect.
• Corpus evidence complements rather than automatically replaces close reading.
• Analysts may examine frequency, keywords, clusters, collocations and distributions.
• Quantitative findings are interpreted in relation to literary context and stylistic effect.
• Corpus evidence complements rather than automatically replaces close reading.
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Question 24
ప్రశ్న 24
Which of the following statements about corpus stylistics are correct? 1. It can compare a text with a reference corpus. 2. It can identify unusually frequent words or phrases. 3. It eliminates the need for qualitative interpretation. 4. It can reveal recurring collocational patterns.
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Explanation:
• Statement 1 is correct because comparison with a reference corpus can reveal stylistically distinctive patterns.
• Statement 2 is correct because keyword and frequency analysis can identify unusually prominent forms.
• Statement 3 is incorrect because numerical patterns still require contextual and qualitative interpretation.
• Statement 4 is correct because corpus tools can reveal recurring associations among words.
• Therefore, statements 1, 2 and 4 are correct.
• Statement 2 is correct because keyword and frequency analysis can identify unusually prominent forms.
• Statement 3 is incorrect because numerical patterns still require contextual and qualitative interpretation.
• Statement 4 is correct because corpus tools can reveal recurring associations among words.
• Therefore, statements 1, 2 and 4 are correct.
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Question 25
ప్రశ్న 25
Which option provides the most accurate integrated account of stylistic textual analysis?
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Explanation:
• Stylistic textual analysis investigates patterns across phonology, lexis, syntax and discourse.
• It connects these patterns with viewpoint, characterization, tone, foregrounding and thematic effect.
• Figures of speech are one component rather than the entire field.
• Strong analysis combines close textual evidence with context-sensitive interpretation.
• It connects these patterns with viewpoint, characterization, tone, foregrounding and thematic effect.
• Figures of speech are one component rather than the entire field.
• Strong analysis combines close textual evidence with context-sensitive interpretation.
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Answer Key సమాధానాల పట్టిక
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Question 1 ప్రశ్న 1Answer: A. The systematic relationship between linguistic choices and their effects in texts సమాధానం: A.
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Question 2 ప్రశ్న 2Answer: B. A patterned selection from the linguistic options available in a context సమాధానం: B.
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Question 3 ప్రశ్న 3Answer: C. Register సమాధానం: C.
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Question 4 ప్రశ్న 4Answer: D. Departs from an expected linguistic norm for a particular effect సమాధానం: D.
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Question 5 ప్రశ్న 5Answer: A. The artistic prominence produced by deviation or striking parallelism సమాధానం: A.
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Question 6 ప్రశ్న 6Answer: B. Jan Mukařovský సమాధానం: B.
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Question 7 ప్రశ్న 7Answer: C. The repetition of similar linguistic structures in corresponding positions సమాధానం: C.
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Question 8 ప్రశ్న 8Answer: D. Repeated initial consonant sounds across neighbouring words సమాధానం: D.
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Question 9 ప్రశ్న 9Answer: A. Rhyme, rhythm, alliteration and sound symbolism సమాధానం: A.
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Question 10 ప్రశ్న 10Answer: B. Word choice, semantic fields, collocation and levels of formality సమాధానం: B.
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Question 11 ప్రశ్న 11Answer: C. Sentence length, clause structure and word order సమాధానం: C.
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Question 12 ప్రశ్న 12Answer: A. Metaphor సమాధానం: A.
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Question 13 ప్రశ్న 13Answer: B. Metonymy సమాధానం: B.
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Question 14 ప్రశ్న 14Answer: A. Both Statement I and Statement II are correct సమాధానం: A.
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Question 15 ప్రశ్న 15Answer: B. 1, 2 and 4 only సమాధానం: B.
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Question 16 ప్రశ్న 16Answer: A. Both Assertion and Reason are correct, and Reason is the correct explanation of Assertion సమాధానం: A.
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Question 17 ప్రశ్న 17Answer: B. 1-c, 2-d, 3-a, 4-b సమాధానం: B.
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Question 18 ప్రశ్న 18Answer: A. First-person narration సమాధానం: A.
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Question 19 ప్రశ్న 19Answer: B. A third-person omniscient narrator సమాధానం: B.
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Question 20 ప్రశ్న 20Answer: C. Free indirect speech సమాధానం: C.
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Question 21 ప్రశ్న 21Answer: D. She thought, 'The train has already left.' సమాధానం: D.
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Question 22 ప్రశ్న 22Answer: A. Free indirect discourse can preserve features of a character's viewpoint without an explicit reporting clause సమాధానం: A.
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Question 23 ప్రశ్న 23Answer: B. Using electronic text collections and quantitative patterns to support stylistic interpretation సమాధానం: B.
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Question 24 ప్రశ్న 24Answer: C. 1, 2 and 4 only సమాధానం: C.
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Question 25 ప్రశ్న 25Answer: D. It examines how patterned choices across linguistic levels shape viewpoint, prominence, tone and interpretation సమాధానం: D.