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JAMB Literature in English 2013 Question 4

Question 4

Set Text: Sons and Daughters
J.C. De Graft: Sons and Daughters (extract for question 4)
The passage, as printed

The dominant figure of speech in the excerpt above is

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

Answer: A (personification)

Explanation

Engineering is told to 'go hang itself', as though it were a person: personification.