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JAMB Literature in English 2017 Question 35

Question 35

Figures of Speech

A figure of speech in which an absent person or an object is addressed as if present is referred to as

  1. A.assonance
  2. B.elegy
  3. C.apostrophe
  4. D.personification.
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Answer: C (apostrophe)

Explanation

Apostrophe is speaking directly to someone absent or dead, or to a thing.