WAEC Literature in English 2025 Objective — Question 18

Question 18 of 51 from the West African Examinations Council (WAEC) Literature in English 2025 Objective paper, with the correct answer and a full explanation.

The lines exemplify (apostrophe passage - 'Oh Peter, why? Why have you left so soon?...')

A. A. apostropheCorrect
B. B. epistle
C. C. panegyric
D. D. ballad

Explanation

The lines exemplify rhetorical apostrophe - an address to an absent entity, a dead person, or an inanimate phenomenon, e.g. 'Oh Peter, why? Why have you left so soon? For now, we love you.'

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