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JAMB Literature in English 2002 Question 18

Question 18

Literary Appreciation: Prose and Drama
Wole Soyinka, The Interpreters (extract)
The passage, as printed

Wole Soyinka, The Interpreters: The idiolectal feature of the character's speech is the

  1. A.repetition of consonant sounds
  2. B.multiplication of medial consonant sounds
  3. C.repetition of initial consonant sounds
  4. D.duplication of consonant sound clusters
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Answer: C (repetition of initial consonant sounds)

Explanation

Sekoni stammers, so he repeats the opening consonant of words: 'd-d-dome', 'b-b-because', 'g-g-go'.