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CAPE Literatures in English Unit 2 · 2005 · Paper 1 · Question 12(a)(i)

Identify the figure of speech used in "There were so many of the family that it seemed as though they must have multiplied during the night" (lines 2–3).

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  1. 12(a)(ii)Identify the figure of speech used in "... like a weary shepherd" (line 4).[1 mark]
  2. 12(b)Comment on the effectiveness of EACH figure of speech identified in (a).[2 marks]

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