Question 24

UNSEEN PROSE AND POETRY

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Each profession, intellectual or manual, deserves consideration, whether it requires painful physical effort or manual dexterity, wide knowledge or the patience of an ant. Ours, like that of the doctor, does not allow for any mistake. You don't joke with life, and life is both body and mind. To warp a soul is as much a sacrilege as murder. Teachers _ at kindergarten level, as at university level _ form a noble army accomplishing daily feats, never praised, never decorated. An army forever on the move, forever vigilant: an army without drums, without gleaming uniforms. This army, thwarting traps and snares, everywhere plants the flag of knowledge and morality.

The underlined illustrates

  • A.antithesis
  • B.allusion
  • C.parallelism
  • D.parody
Objective

Question details

Exam body
WAEC
Subject
Literature in English
Year
2011
Question no.
#24
Type
Objective

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