These qustion is based on selected poems from Johnson, R, et al (eds.): New Poetry from Africa; Soyinka, W. (ED.): Poems of Black Africa; Senanu, K.E. and Vincent, T. (eds.): A Selection of African Poetry: U. Maduka, C.T et al: Exam Focus: Literature Examination Guides; Nwoga, D.I. (ed.): West African Verse and Adeoti G: Naked Soles.
"We would be believing we dreamt it"
The figure of speech in the line above from Acquah's In the Navel of the Soul is
apostrophe
assonance
antithesis
alliteration
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The answer is D
The consonant sound "w" is repeated.
Alliteration, a literary device, is the repetition of the same consonant sound at the beginning of words.
How is it assonace?
Assonance means repetition of vowel letters and no vowel letter was repeated
