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Sweet smile in time of snarl
gives pride in spite of sneer
sing, rid this world of despair
and save, a snared heart from
cascading stream of strife
The dominant rhetorical device in the excerpt above is
  • A. rhyme
  • B. alliteration
  • C. chiasmus
  • D. onomatopoeia
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Narrative poem indicates that the poet is attempting to
  • A. preach a sermon
  • B. tell a story
  • C. summarize a story
  • D. describe a place
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The use of sound pattern to suggest meaning in poetry is
  • A. lyric
  • B. lullaby
  • C. mimic
  • D. rhythm
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This question is based on selected poems from Johnson, R. et ai (eds): New Poetry African: 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 in English: Eruvbetine, A. E. et al (eds): Longman Examination Guides: Nwoga D. I. (ed): West African verse and Adeoti G: Naked Soles.
The excerpt below from Marvell's To His Coy Mistress is an example of

The literacy devices used in the lines 'Pataki and Mustard flowers like blue and yellow eyes peep through the green grass' are________from Mohan Singh's 'A Village Girl'

  • A. alliteration and assonance
  • B. simile and personification
  • C. repetition and alliteration
  • D. rhyme and rhythm
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In literary devices, pun deals with
  • A. placing words side by side
  • B. playing on words
  • C. arrangement of words placing two opposite phrases Answer
  • D. placing two opposite phrases
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