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JAMB Literature in English 2013 Question 23

Question 23

African Poetry
Kunene: The Heritage of Liberation (extract)
The passage, as printed

The device employed in the line above from Kunene's The Heritage of Liberation, is an example of

  1. A.anecdote
  2. B.aside
  3. C.apostrophe
  4. D.allusion.
Show the answer and explanation

Answer: C (apostrophe)

Explanation

The speaker addresses 'you' directly, as though the absent person could hear: apostrophe.