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Question 36

The expression ‘Calling someone an osu is a thorn in the human flesh’ in Flourish Amoo and Yinka Akindele’s “The Outcast” is an example of

  • A.metaphor
  • B.paradox
  • C.personification
  • D.pun
  • E.simile
Objective

Question details

Exam body
BECE
Subject
English Language
Year
2017 Paper 2
Question no.
#36
Type
Objective
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