BECE English Language 2025 Objective — Question 117

Question 117 of 120 from the Basic Education Certificate Examination (Junior WAEC) (BECE) English Language 2025 Objective paper, with the correct answer and a full explanation.

"The lordly Niger" in Niyi Osundare's 'Lokoja' is an example of ____.

A. irony
B. metaphor
C. personificationCorrect
D. satire

Explanation

The river is given a human quality (lordly, like a lord). Moderate/low confidence. (Set-text question: the literature text is not in the PDF and could not be checked online; answer is a general-knowledge/context-based guess –, please verify against the text.)

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