WAEC Literature in English 2021 Objective — Question 9

Question 9 of 50 from the West African Examinations Council (WAEC) Literature in English 2021 Objective paper, with the correct answer and a full explanation.

9. Read the extract below and answer questions 9 to 11: 'What happened to a dream deferred? Does it dry up / Like a raisin in the sun? / Or fester like a sore / And then run? / Does it stink like a rotten meat?' The dominant literary device is

A. the epithet.
B. the rhetorical question.Correct
C. verbal irony.
D. paradox.

Explanation

The passage poses a series of unanswered questions ('Does it dry up...?', 'Does it stink...?') without expecting a direct reply — the dominant device is the rhetorical question.

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