After doing some online searching, I've found that this question refers to figurative language. It is not an incomplete question, it was just missing the context for people to be able to understand it. Now that I know what it is about, I can safely answer:
Answer:
Simile.
Explanation:
In the phrase "Like burnt-out torches by a sick man's bed" we have something being compared to something else. Even though we don't know what it is, we know it is compared to burnt-out torches.<u> The comparison was made with the help of a support word, "like".</u> Its purpose it to attribute one or more qualities of a burnt-out torch to something else by saying they are similar. <u>Comparisons that use support words are called </u><u>simile.</u> They are a very common figure of speech along with metaphors, with the difference that metaphors also make comparisons, but without using support words.
The following lines that is an example of personification is:
- <u>C. “Building had to stop because it was now too wet to mix the cement.”</u>
Personification is the literary technique that is used to give human qualities to an inanimate object.
Some examples of personification is:
- "The moon smiled on us"
- "The ocean waved at the boys"
According to the given answer choices, we can see that a building which is an inanimate object is said to have stopped working, which is a human attribute.
Therefore, the correct answer is option C
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Answer:
<em>"During the shop’s peak hours – from eight in the evening till around midnight – one could hardly hear oneself talk because of the boisterous chatters that went on."</em>
This excerpt evokes how lively Mallam's tea shop is. It describes how, during peak hours, one could hardly hear oneself talk because of all the chatter that went on. This shows that speech is very important in Ghanian culture. We can also conclude that tea shops, such as the one that Mallam owns, are very important as places for gathering and conversation.
"Ah yes, I do specialize in zoology" .
