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WAEC SSCE - Literature In English - 1998 (Objective)

Question 1 Report

Read the extract below and answer the question.

The bees are buzzing and humming with great zest, the doves are cooing; and the children chatter as they clatter downstairs to come and dabble in the cool system.
The underlined words in lines 1 and 4 are example of
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The underlined words in lines 1 and 4 are examples of internal rhyme. Internal rhyme occurs when a word within a line of poetry rhymes with another word either on the same line or within another line. In this case, "buzzing" rhymes with "humming" and "chatter" rhymes with "clatter".
Read lesson note on Poetry (JAMB)
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