WAEC - Literature In English (2007 - No. 27)
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world have been Heathcliff's miseries, and I watched and felt each from the beginning.My great thought in living is himself. If all else perished, and he remained, I should still continue to be. And if all else remained, and he were annihilated, the universe would be turned to a mighty stranger _ is should not seem a part of it. My love for Linton is like the foliage in the woods; time will change it, I'm well aware, as winter changes the trees. My love for Heathcliff resembles the eternal rocks beneath _ as source of little visible delight, but necessary. Nelly, I am Heathcliff!. He's always, always in my mind _ not as a pleasure to myself, but as my own being....
My love for Heathcliff resembles the eternal rocks beneath illustrates
world have been Heathcliff's miseries, and I watched and felt each from the beginning.My great thought in living is himself. If all else perished, and he remained, I should still continue to be. And if all else remained, and he were annihilated, the universe would be turned to a mighty stranger _ is should not seem a part of it. My love for Linton is like the foliage in the woods; time will change it, I'm well aware, as winter changes the trees. My love for Heathcliff resembles the eternal rocks beneath _ as source of little visible delight, but necessary. Nelly, I am Heathcliff!. He's always, always in my mind _ not as a pleasure to myself, but as my own being....
My love for Heathcliff resembles the eternal rocks beneath illustrates
metaphor
allusion
euphemism
simile
Explanation
The phrase "My love for Heathcliff resembles the eternal rocks beneath" uses the word "resembles", which directly indicates a simile. A simile is a figure of speech that compares two different things using words such as "like" or "as."
In this sentence, the speaker compares their love for Heathcliff to "eternal rocks beneath".
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