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JAMB Literature in English 2024 Question 29

Question 29

African Poetry

Niyi Osundare's "The Leader and the Led" uses the word "Pack" as what figure of speech?

  1. A.Synecdoche
  2. B.Metonymy
  3. C.Paradox
  4. D.Syllepsis
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Answer: A (Synecdoche)

Explanation

'Pack' stands for the whole group of animals (the led) by naming the collective, a part-for-whole kind of substitution the key treats as synecdoche.