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WAEC SSCE - Literature In English - 2013 (Objective)

Question 1 Report

UNSEEN PROSE AND POETRY

Read the poem and answer the question

As they trooped off down the field with their sullen dogs, the farmer started the tractor up and the cutter blade blurred into life
Left alone, Grooby sank into a shocked stupor. His mind whirled around like a fly that dared not alight. A blank vacancy held him. He seemed unable to move, even to wipe away the sweat that collected in his eyebrows and leaked down into his eyes. He sensed that the sun had settled over the earth, so that the air was actually burning gas. He watched the tractor dwindle in the bottom of the field, as if it were melting into a glittering muddle in the haze.

The expression ''like fly that dared not alight'' is a/an
Answer Details
The expression ''like fly that dared not alight'' is an example of a simile. A simile is a figure of speech that compares two things using the words "like" or "as" to show their similarity. In this case, the speaker is comparing the whirling of Grooby's mind to the constant movement of a fly that is too afraid to land. The use of "like" makes the comparison clear, and helps the reader to better understand the character's mental state.
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