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Unilorin Post-UTME Literature in English 2022 (Model questions) Question 15

Question 15

Literary Terms and Devices

The expression "Our leaders love us and therefore kill us" is

  1. A.adulatory
  2. B.desultory
  3. C.caustic
  4. D.ironical
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Answer: D (ironical)

Explanation

Saying leaders kill people because they love them is the opposite of what we expect, so the statement is ironical.