WAEC Literature in English 2024 Objective — Question 4

Question 4 of 50 from the West African Examinations Council (WAEC) Literature in English 2024 Objective paper, with the correct answer and a full explanation.

4. The dominant device used in Macbeth doth murdered sleep; the innocent sleep is A.

A. alliteration.
B. conceit.
C. metonymy.
D. personification.Correct

Explanation

Personification attributes human qualities to non-human/abstract concepts; here sleep is personified as something that can be murdered.

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