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Question 0

Sweet smile in time of snarl
gives pride in spite of sneer
sing, rid this world of despair
and save, a snared heart from
cascading stream of strife
The dominant rhetorical device in the excerpt above is

  • A.rhyme
  • B.alliteration
  • C.chiasmus
  • D.onomatopoeia
  • E.
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Question details

Exam body
JAMB
Subject
Literature in English
Year
2015
Question no.
#0
Type
Objective
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