We did not go to school on that Friday morning. The night before had been rough. It was turbulent and scary. The strange cry "non-indigenes must go" rent th...

Assessment: WAEC SSCE - Literature In English - 2017 (Objective) Subject: Literature In English

Question 1 Report

We did not go to school on that Friday morning. The night before had been rough. It was turbulent and scary. The strange cry "non-indigenes must go" rent the air.
Little did i Known what it meant. That carry all the same haunted me in my sleep. My dreams were horrible. Why was mum so troubled? Why was Dad suddenly so pale and sickly? That night Mum and Dad had a forboding silence. They looked at each other, they did not smile. They were utterly silent. Their silence spoke millions. Fear rules the night. When the family bell summoned us to the family altar, it seemed that it tolled its last for the humans. Death smelled in the air, death was in the eyes..... But why? We were not told. Yes during the prayer at the family altar, Dad had told us there was trouble in town. No one who was a non-indigene was safe.

 

The family bell summoned us is an example of__________

Answer Details
The phrase "The family bell summoned us" is an example of personification. Personification is a figure of speech where human qualities are attributed to non-human things. In this case, the bell is given the human quality of being able to summon or call the family members. It creates a vivid and dramatic image of the bell acting like a person and demanding the attention of the family.

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