JAMB - Literature In English (2000 - No. 24)
This question is based on selected poems from:
R. Johnson and D. Ker er al (eds.): New Poetry from Africa; Wole Soyinka (ed.): Poems of Black Africa; K.E. Senanu and T. Vincent (eds.): A Selection of African Poetry; M. Umukoro and A. Sani et al (eds.) Exam Focus: Literature in English; A.E. Eruvbetine and M. Jibril et al (eds.): Longman Examination Guides: Poetry and E.W. Parker (ed.): A Pageant of Longer Poems.
In Wole Soyinka's "Telephone Conversation," the dominant literary technique deployed is
alliteration
onomatopeia
oxymoron
simile
Explanation
In Wole Soyinka's Telephone Conversation, the dominant literary technique used is alliteration. Alliteration is the repetition of initial consonant sounds in a poem. Soyinka makes use of alliteration in the poem to make it more rhythmic and memorable.
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