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JAMB Literature in English 2009 Question 37

Question 37

Figures of Speech

A structural arrangement of units of composition by which one element of equal importance with another is similarly placed is called

  1. A.repetition
  2. B.paradox
  3. C.refrain
  4. D.parallelism.
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Answer: D (parallelism.)

Explanation

Parallelism places ideas of equal weight in matching grammatical form, e.g. 'I came, I saw, I conquered'.