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Read the excerpt below and answer the question.


"Good god almighty!" Antinous cut the beggar short.

"What spirit brought this pest to plague our feast?"

Back off! Into the open, clear of my table, or you,

You'll soon land in an Egypt, Cyprus, to break your heart!

What a brazen, shameless beggar!..."




What literary term would you use to describe this quotation?


epic simile

dramatic irony

character foil

protagonist

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dramatic irony hope it helps and good luck on your tests 

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Answer: B) Dramatic Irony.

Explanation: An irony is a figure of speech that consists in the use of words with an intended meaning, different from the actual meaning of the words. It can also be a situation that develops different of what is expected. Dramatic irony is when the audience understands the situation or events, but the characters don't. The given excerpt from "The Odyssey" is an example of dramatic audience, because Antinous doesn't know that the beggar is actually Odysseus in disguise (but the reader does know), so he insults the beggar.

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