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In Margaret Atwood’s 'The Blind Assassin', metafiction is achieved through which structural device?

  1. A novel within a novel, surrounded by newspaper clippings
  2. An apology from the author at the end of the book
  3. A character who realizes she is a ghost
  4. The use of footnotes that directly contradict the events of the main text
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Correct answer: A novel within a novel, surrounded by newspaper clippings

Atwood uses a complex multi-layered structure where the characters in the main narrative read a novella that shares the same title as the book the reader is holding. This layering blurs the boundaries between the different levels of reality.

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