Question 17

UNSEEN PROSE AND POETRY

Read the extract below and answer the question

His mind flitted back memory lane. He remembered how time walked quietly in. like a thief in the night and then put a sword in the heart of the land. He remembered all his life's sweat. drained away by the strife.He remembered his wife and two lovely kids, all slain pitilessly by the beasts in khaki. He remembered his only sister, a tender rose, defiled in turns by them and then slaughtered like a lamb upon the ritual table.

The dominant literary device used is

  • A.metaphor
  • B.repetition
  • C.simile
  • D.personification
Objective

Question details

Exam body
WAEC
Subject
Literature in English
Year
2003
Question no.
#17
Type
Objective

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