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WAEC SSCE - Literature In English - 2011 (Objective)

Question 1 Report

UNSEEN PROSE AND POETRY

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Each profession, intellectual or manual, deserves consideration, whether it requires painful physical effort or manual dexterity, wide knowledge or the patience of an ant. Ours, like that of the doctor, does not allow for any mistake. You don't joke with life, and life is both body and mind. To warp a soul is as much a sacrilege as murder. Teachers _ at kindergarten level, as at university level _ form a noble army accomplishing daily feats, never praised, never decorated. An army forever on the move, forever vigilant: an army without drums, without gleaming uniforms. This army, thwarting traps and snares, everywhere plants the flag of knowledge and morality.

''The flag of knowledge and morality'' illustrates
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The phrase "the flag of knowledge and morality" is an example of a metaphor. A metaphor is a figure of speech that compares two things without using the words "like" or "as". In this passage, the teacher is compared to a soldier, and the knowledge and morality that the teacher imparts are compared to a flag. The metaphor emphasizes the importance of the teacher's role in society and the significance of the knowledge and morality that they impart to their students.
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