This question is based on General Literary Principles 'Nightfall! Nightfall! You are my mortal enemy'. The figurative name for the manner in which nightfall...

Assessment: JAMB UTME - Literature In English - 1999 Subject: Literature In English

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This question is based on General Literary Principles

'Nightfall! Nightfall!

You are my mortal enemy'.

The figurative name for the manner in which nightfall is directly addressed as though present in Mtshali's 'Nightfall inSoweto' is

Answer Details
The figurative name for the manner in which nightfall is directly addressed as though present in Mtshali's 'Nightfall in Soweto' is apostrophe. Apostrophe is a literary device in which the speaker addresses an absent or imaginary person, an abstract idea, or a thing as if it were present and capable of responding. In the given line, "Nightfall! Nightfall! You are my mortal enemy", the speaker is directly addressing Nightfall as if it were a person who could hear and respond. This creates a dramatic effect and intensifies the speaker's emotions towards Nightfall, which is portrayed as an enemy.

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