Question 0

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'One man with a head
shaven clean as a potato
whispered to the rising sun,
a red eye wiped by a tattered
handkerchief of clouds.'
Mtshali, 'Men in Chains
The figures of speech employed in the lines above are

  • A.metaphor and onomatopoeia
  • B.simile and metonymy
  • C.metaphor and simile
  • D.personification and onomatopoeia
  • E.
Objective

Question details

Exam body
JAMB
Subject
Literature in English
Year
1998
Question no.
#0
Type
Objective

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