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JAMB Literature in English 2018 Question 21

Question 21

African Poetry
Extract for question 21
The passage, as printed

Questions 21 to 25 are based on selected poems of Africa. The underlined expressions above imply

  1. A.irony
  2. B.metonymy
  3. C.metaphor
  4. D.satire
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Answer: C (metaphor)

Explanation

The boy compares himself to a bird born for joy that cannot sing in a cage: school is pictured as a cage, a metaphor.