Given below are two statements: Statement I: Intentional fallacy is the error of interpreting and evaluating a literary work by reference to evidence outside the text. Statement II: Pathetic fallacy is the representation of inanimate objects with human attributes. In the light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below.

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The correct option is(A):Both Statement I and Statement II are true

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Both Statement I and Statement II are true

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Both statement I and Statement II are false

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Statement I is true but Statement II is false

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Statement I is false but Statement II is true

	LIST I		LIST II
A.	Fin-de-siecle	I.	God from the machine
B.	Deucox machina	II.	Comic drama
C.	Commedia dell'arte	III.	A name which is different from his/her real name is used by an author
D.	Nom de pluma	IV.	end of a century

	LIST I		LIST II
A.	Verbal Irony	I.	The introduction of a structural feature that serves to sustain a double meaning throughout the work.
B.	Structural Irony	II.	A mode of narrative writing in which the author builds up the illusion of representing reality and then shatters it.
C.	Dramatic Irony	III.	A statement in which the meaning that the speaker implies differs from the meaning that is expressed
D.	Romantic Irony	IV.	A situation in which the reader audience shares with the authors knowledge of circumstances of which the character is ignorant.

	LIST I		LIST II
A.	The School of Abuse	I.	Thomas Wilson
B.	An Apology for Poetry	II.	Stephen Gesson
C.	A Defence of Rhyme	III.	Philip Sidney
D.	The Art of Rhetoric	IV.	Samuel Daniel

	LIST I		LIST II
A.	Motif	I.	It is a general concept in a literary text which is designed to involve and persuade the reader to believe in it.
B.	Plot	II.	It is the general locate, historical time and social circumstances in which the action occurs
C.	Setting	III.	It is a conspicuous elements which occurs frequently in works of literature
D.	Theme	IV.	It is constituted by its events and actions that achieve particular artistic and emotional effects.

The Correct Option is A

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