Question on: JAMB Literature - 2017

The excerpt describes a "heavy bundle of tightly wrapped bits and pieces of junk drooping over his face." This description does not directly mean anything but could represent something deeper, therefore symbolizing something. * **Symbolism** involves using objects, people, or situations to represent abstract ideas or concepts. The "heavy bundle" could symbolize burdens, poverty, or the weight of the past, while the "junk" itself could represent discarded memories, forgotten dreams, or the accumulation of life's hardships. * **Irony** involves a contrast between what is said and what is meant, or between appearance and reality. * **Synecdoche** is a figure of speech in which a part represents the whole, or vice versa. * **Euphemism** involves substituting a mild or indirect word or