JAMB - Literature In English (2018 - No. 36)

A literary device in which parts of a sentence are grammatically the same, or are similar in construction Is known as__________
Simile
Aside
Parallelism
Irony

Explanation

Parallelism is a literary device in which parts of the sentence are grammatically the same or similar in construction, it could be a word, phrase an entire sentence repeated. A perfect example is the Martin Luther king Jr’s famous “I have a dream” repetition makes the speech compelling and rhythmic as well as memorable.

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