Read the following passage and answer the question.

'Chief Adeyemi had built his empire not on the sweat of honest labour but on the ruins of others. He smiled at funerals and wept at weddings, for joy was a foreign language his soul had never learned. When the rains of retribution finally came, even his shadow abandoned him.'

The statement 'even his shadow abandoned him' is an example of

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Read the following passage and answer the question.

'Chief Adeyemi had built his empire not on the sweat of honest labour but on the ruins of others. He smiled at funerals and wept at weddings, for joy was a foreign language his soul had never learned. When the rains of retribution finally came, even his shadow abandoned him.'

The statement 'even his shadow abandoned him' is an example of

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hyperbole. The expression 'even his shadow abandoned him' is a hyperbole — a deliberate exaggeration to emphasise the totality of Chief Adeyemi's isolation and downfall. A shadow cannot literally abandon a person; the exaggeration underscores how completely alone he became. Irony involves contradiction, allusi

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A) irony

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B) hyperbole

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C) allusion

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D) oxymoron

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