Read the extract below and answer Question With the pen, he wrote kings into reality...

LITERATURE
WAEC 2020

Read the extract below and answer Question

With the pen, he wrote kings into reality

With his words, kingdoms arose,

Those same words, slaves inhaled

Their hands building walls, their feet tromping territories

His pen was like the breath of life.

The underlined words illustrate ________

  • A. hyperbole
  • B. irony
  • C. metonymy
  • D. paradox

Correct Answer: A. hyperbole



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