UNSEEN PROSE AND POETRY Read the extract below and answer the question His mind flitted...
LITERATURE
WAEC 2003
UNSEEN PROSE AND POETRY
Read the extract below and answer the question
His mind flitted back memory lane. He remembered how time walked quietly in. like a thief in the night and then put a sword in the heart of the land. He remembered all his life's sweat. drained away by the strife.He remembered his wife and two lovely kids, all slain pitilessly by the beasts in khaki. He remembered his only sister, a tender rose, defiled in turns by them and then slaughtered like a lamb upon the ritual table.
''....a tender rose'' is an example of a/an
- A. personification
- B. imagery
- C. symbolism
- D. metaphor
Correct Answer: D. metaphor
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