Direction: In the following questions, out of the four ALTERNATIVES, choose the one which can be substituted for the given words/ sentence.
truism (N.) : a statement that is clearly TRUE and does not therefore add anything interesting or important to a discussion
syllogism (N.) : a way of arguing in which two statements are used for proving that a third statement is true
iconic (Adj.) : acting as a sign or symbol of something
IMAGISM (N.) : a movement by AMERICAN and English POETS early in the 20th century in reaction to victorian sentimentality hackneyed (Adj.) : used too often and therefore boring