Literature In English Past Questions and Answers

When he gave me the bottle, and I opened it,
I was shocked by the odour that hit my nose:
I immediately corked it again, and spat on the floor..
Isidore Okpewho, The Last Duty.

The reaction in the passage above is that of

Dramatis personae in a play refers to

From the novel; Second Class Citizen




This question is based on SECOND CLASS CITIZEN.

"She swallowed it all, just like a nasty pill." The literary device employed here is

'My heart is a quiet drum, sometimes it flares like a parched thunder cracking through a damask sky it lifts me in its fired spectacle.'
-Cynthia James; Drumology

The imagery in the excerpt above is largely

"She wanted to split herself. But she checked herself. 'Get dressed,' she said earnestly. 'Get dressed and let's go. You know I have a lot of things to do. And if we are going to meet again like this... 'She slapped the bed, 'then it won't be here. It will be at the Samson and Delilah.'" -
Festus Iyayi; Violence

In the passage above, the speaker can be described as