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WAEC SSCE - Literature In English - 2004 (Objective)

Question 1 Report

UNSEEN PROSE AND POETRY

Read the passage below and answer the question

The fact was that, no sooner had the sickles began o play than, the
atmosphere suddenly felt as if cress would grow in it without other
nourishment. it rubbed people's cheeks like damp flannel when they
walked abroad: There was a gusty, high warm wind: isolated raindrops atarred the window-panes at remote distancees; the sunlight
would flap out like a quickly opened fan, throw the pattern of the window
upon the floor of the room in a milky, colourless shine, and withdraw as suddenly as it had passed.

The dominant literary device used in the passage is
Answer Details
The dominant literary device used in the passage is a simile. A simile is a figure of speech that compares two things using "like" or "as". In the passage, the atmosphere is compared to damp flannel, which is a comparison using "like". Additionally, the gusty wind is described as high and warm using a simile, and the sunlight is described as flapping out like a quickly opened fan, also using a simile. Therefore, the dominant literary device used in the passage is a simile.
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