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JAMB Literature in English 2014 Question 48

Question 48

Literary Appreciation: Poetry
Mbure: To a Bed-Bug (extract)
The passage, as printed

The most dominant figure of speech in the excerpt is

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

Answer: C (metaphor.)

Explanation

The bugs are called 'awful parasites', a direct comparison without 'like' or 'as': metaphor.