WAEC Literature in English 2025 Objective — Question 6
Question 6 of 51 from the West African Examinations Council (WAEC) Literature in English 2025 Objective paper, with the correct answer and a full explanation.
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When the kind that murdered the wind rose with a great violence exemplifies
- A. A. hyperbole
- B. B. pathetic fallacyCorrect
- C. C. synecdoche
- D. D. transferred epithet
Explanation
Pathetic fallacy is a literary device that attributes human emotions, thoughts, or intentions to non-human entities, such as objects, animals, or natural phenomena; a form of personification associated with intense human emotion.
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