This question is based on General Literary Principles. A figure of speech in which an absent person or an object is addressed as if present is referred to a...

Assessment: JAMB UTME - Literature In English - 1995 Subject: Literature In English

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This question is based on General Literary Principles.

A figure of speech in which an absent person or an object is addressed as if present is referred to as

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A figure of speech in which an absent person or an object is addressed as if present is called an apostrophe. It is often used in literature to add emotional appeal or to emphasize the importance of the absent person or object being addressed. For example, in William Wordsworth's poem "Ode: Intimations of Immortality," the speaker addresses the idea of childhood as if it were a person: "Thou, whose exterior semblance doth belie / Thy soul's immensity."

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