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WAEC Literature in English 2005 Question 30

Question 30

Literary Appreciation: Prose and Drama
Unseen prose: questions 26–30
The passage, as printed

“........ a swift left hand ......... and the right hand delivered the punches” illustrates

  1. A.symbolism
  2. B.hyperbole
  3. C.parallelism
  4. D.alliteration.
Show the answer and explanation

Answer: C (parallelism)

Explanation

The two balanced clauses (left hand did this, right hand did that) show parallelism.