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Natalija [7]
3 years ago
13

Which literary device is used in the title of Oscar Wilde's play The Importance of Being Earnest?

English
2 answers:
ycow [4]3 years ago
8 0

it would be C.

Pun....

Mumz [18]3 years ago
5 0
The correct answer would be C - this is a pun, or a play on words. The main character's name is Ernest, and it is pronounced the same way as "earnest", meaning "honest", a quality the main character of this play should have.
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