The birds fly high over the hills beyond the corn fields. The poetic device used...
LITERATURE
WAEC 1998
The birds fly high over
the hills beyond the corn fields.
The poetic device used in the above extract is
- A. assonance
- B. alliteration
- C. metaphor
- D. metonymy
Correct Answer: A. assonance
Explanation
'Fly' and 'High' contains the same vowel sound /ai/
'Hills' and 'Beyond' contains the same vowel sound /i/
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