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JAMB Literature in English 2013 Question 24

Question 24

African Poetry
Give Me The Minstrel's Seat (extract)
The passage, as printed

The lines above from Give Me The Minstrel's Seat is an example of

  1. A.ironical statement
  2. B.rhetorical question
  3. C.pathetic fallacy
  4. D.chiasmus.
Show the answer and explanation

Answer: B (rhetorical question)

Explanation

The speaker asks questions that expect no answer in order to make a point: rhetorical questions.