WAEC Literature in English 2016 Objective — Question 19
Question 19 of 55 from the West African Examinations Council (WAEC) Literature in English 2016 Objective paper, with the correct answer and a full explanation.
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Read the lines (The livid waters roared and snarled and flapped / At the poor battered and weeping yacht) and answer: The dominant literary device used in the lines is ___.
- A. A. simile
- B. B. alliteration
- C. C. assonance
- D. D. personificationCorrect
Explanation
Giving the waters/yacht human qualities (roared, snarled, weeping) is personification.
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