JAMB and WAEC Literature in English questions: Figures of speech

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All topics Drama: types and elements · 38 Dramatic techniques · 44 Figures of speech · 44 General literary terms · 40 Literary appreciation: unseen poetry · 29 Literary appreciation: unseen prose · 29 Poetry: imagery, sound and structure · 34 Poetry: types and forms · 30 Point of view and narrative techniques · 27 Prose: plot, setting and characterisation · 29 Prose: types of fiction · 26 Set poems: African poetry · 10 Set poems: Non-African poetry · 17 Set text: A Man for All Seasons (Robert Bolt) · 9 Set text: An Inspector Calls (J. B. Priestley) · 10 Set text: Antony and Cleopatra (Shakespeare) · 13 Set text: The Marriage of Anansewa (Efua Sutherland) · 4 Set text: To Kill a Mockingbird (Harper Lee) · 14

Question 21· Figures of speech· JAMB
'Sleep, gentle sleep, why do you flee from me?' is an example of
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Question 22· Figures of speech· JAMB
'O Death, where is thy sting?' is an example of
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Question 23· Figures of speech· JAMB
'Sweet are the uses of adversity' is an example of
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Question 24· Figures of speech· WAEC
'Buzz' and 'sizzle' are examples of
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Question 25· Figures of speech· JAMB
'A deafening silence filled the hall' is an example of
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Question 26· Figures of speech· WAEC
'Deafening silence' is an example of
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Question 27· Figures of speech· JAMB
'The kettle is boiling', meaning the water in it, is an example of
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Question 28· Figures of speech· JAMB
'The wind whispered through the trees' is an example of
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Question 29· Figures of speech· JAMB
In a transferred epithet such as 'a sleepless night', the adjective describes
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Question 30· Figures of speech· JAMB
'As brave as a lion' is an example of
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Question 31· Figures of speech· WAEC
'I have told you a million times' is
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Question 32· Figures of speech· JAMB
'The sun smiled on the harvest' is an example of
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Question 33· Figures of speech· JAMB
'Peter Piper picked a peck' illustrates
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Question 34· Figures of speech· JAMB
Antithesis places
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Question 35· Figures of speech· JAMB
Anticlimax is
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Question 36· Figures of speech· JAMB
'He passed away' instead of 'he died' is an example of
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Question 37· Figures of speech· WAEC
Saying 'Aso Rock has announced a new policy' to mean the Presidency is
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Question 38· Figures of speech· JAMB
A play on a word that has more than one meaning is called
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Question 39· Figures of speech· WAEC
'All hands on deck', where hands stand for sailors, is
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Question 40· Figures of speech· JAMB
'Bitter sweet' is an example of
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JAMB and WAEC Literature in English questions: Figures of speech

'Sleep, gentle sleep, why do you flee from me?' is an example of

'O Death, where is thy sting?' is an example of

'Sweet are the uses of adversity' is an example of

'Buzz' and 'sizzle' are examples of

'A deafening silence filled the hall' is an example of

'Deafening silence' is an example of

'The kettle is boiling', meaning the water in it, is an example of

'The wind whispered through the trees' is an example of

In a transferred epithet such as 'a sleepless night', the adjective describes

'As brave as a lion' is an example of

'I have told you a million times' is

'The sun smiled on the harvest' is an example of

'Peter Piper picked a peck' illustrates

Antithesis places

Anticlimax is

'He passed away' instead of 'he died' is an example of

Saying 'Aso Rock has announced a new policy' to mean the Presidency is

A play on a word that has more than one meaning is called

'All hands on deck', where hands stand for sailors, is

'Bitter sweet' is an example of