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JAMB Literature in English 2011 Question 47

Question 47

Set Text: Twelfth Night
William Shakespeare: Twelfth Night (extract)
The passage, as printed

A heart of stone in the lines above is an example of

  1. A.metonymy
  2. B.assonance
  3. C.metaphor
  4. D.litotes
Show the answer and explanation

Answer: C (metaphor)

Explanation

The heart is called stone directly, without 'like' or 'as': a metaphor.