Another shoal of cars swam past. One, in particular, caught his eyes, a long slender thing, elegant as a swallow, all gleaming blue and silver; a thousand g...

Assessment: JAMB UTME - Literature In English - 2022 Subject: Literature In English

Question 1 Report

Another shoal of cars swam past.
One, in particular, caught his eyes, a long slender thing,
elegant as a swallow, all gleaming blue and silver;
a thousand guineas it would have cost, he thought.

In the first sentence, cars are described in terms of 

Answer Details
In the first sentence, cars are described as fish. The author uses the metaphor of a shoal of fish swimming past to describe a group of cars driving by. The comparison emphasizes the fast, fluid movement of the cars as they drive past.

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