JAMB - English Language (2025 - No. 131)

From the novel; The Lekki Headmaster
From the novel; The Lekki Headmaster
From the novel; The Lekki Headmaster
"You could see a rock carrying three other rocks on its head." What literary technique is being used?
irony
simile
hyperbole
personification

Explanation

This can be found on page 7 of the novel, where Ikenna was describing the "acrobatic" Jos landscape. He says: "You could see a rock carrying three other rocks on its head. You could find a small rock confidently backing another, big enough to give birth to it." The rocks are described as if they were performing a human action—carrying—which is a personification.

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