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JAMB Literature in English 2013 Question 50

Question 50

Literary Appreciation: Prose and Drama
Gracy Osifo: Dizzy Angel (extract)
The passage, as printed

The literary device used in the passage above is

  1. A.onomatopoeia
  2. B.metaphor
  3. C.simile
  4. D.parallelism.
Show the answer and explanation

Answer: D (parallelism.)

Explanation

The speaker repeats the same sentence pattern ('Will college make you...? Will it make you...?'): parallelism.