Nightfall Nightfall You are my mortal enemy The... - JAMB Literature 2019 Question
"Nightfall! Nightfall!! You are my mortal enemy". The dominant figure of speech above is a/an________
A
Ode
B
Apostrophe
C
Allusion
D
Metaphor
correct option: b
Apostrophe is used to describe an absent person as if present and a dead person or subject matter and as if living, this should not be confused with personification. So the correct answer is Apostrophe because "Night fall" is directly addressed as if it were living being, this is a figurative quality of an Apostrophe.
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