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Question 49

‘..... They do not see the funeral piles
At home eating up the forests....ʼ (J.P Clarke: Casualties)
The imagery created in the above excerpt is achieved through

  • A. Metaphor
  • B. Personification
  • C. Synecdoche
  • D. Metonymy
Objective

Question details

Exam body
BUK
Subject
Literature in English
Year
2017/2018
Question no.
#49
Type
Objective
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