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"Carrying a heavy bundle of tightly wrapped bits and pieces of junk drooping over his face"

The excerpt above exemplifies _______?
  • A. Irony
  • B. synedoche
  • C. symbolism
  • D. euphemism
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This question is based on Selected Poems from Johnson, R et al(eds): New Poetry from Africa; Soyinka,(ed); Poems of Black Africa; Senanu, K.E, and Vincent, T.(ed): A Selection of African Poetry; Gbemisola A.: Naked Soles; Hayward, J.(ed.); The Penguin Book of English Verse and Nwoga, D.(ed): West African verse.

... goodness lead him not, yet weariness May toss him to my breast'

The literary device in the extract above from Herbert's The Pulley is

  • A. metonymy
  • B. personification
  • C. oxymoron
  • D. irony
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This question is based on William Shakesphere's Othello.

"...Fathers, from hence trust not your daughters' minds. By what you see them act. Is there not charms. By which the property of youth and maidhood May be abused?....."

The speaker in the excerpt above addresses _______?

  • A. Othello
  • B. Iago
  • C. Brabantio
  • D. Roderigo
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This question is based on Frank Ogodo Ogbeche's Harvest of Corruption

The Two dominant themes of the play are

  • A. honesty and decency
  • B. immorality and greed
  • C. poverty and education
  • D. weeding and planting
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This question is based on General Literacy Principles

At the peak of the trumpeter's performance, his cheeks were as if they were balloons and his eyes spoke many words. The literacy devices in the extract above are ________?
  • A. metaphor and paradox
  • B. simile and metaphor
  • C. simile and personification
  • D. paradox and simile
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