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Question 91

waec 2022

Poetry gets bored of being alone
It wants to go outdoors to chew the winds.

The mental picture evoked in the above lines is that of

Asmell and touch

Bsight and hearing

Ctaste and touch

Dsight and taste

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Question 92

waec 2022

More haste, less speed illustrates the use of

Aanaphora

Bparadox

Clitotes

Dsynecdoche

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Question 93

waec 2022

An aside in drama is used mostly to create a sense of

Aadmiration

Bconspiracy

Cgreatness

Dsuperiority

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Question 94

waec 2022

Men swift to see things done , do not run their commanding.

The words in italics exemplify

Apun

Bend rhyme

Cinternal rhyme

Dparadox

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Question 95

waec 2022

Disguise in drama mostly portrays the theme of

Aknown identity

Bplain identity

Cunknown identity

Dmistaken identity

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Question 96

waec 2022

The warriors conquered my men and my country illustrates the use of

AParadox

BLitotes

CParallelism

DZeugma

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Question 97

waec 2022

A word or a phrase that is repeated at regular intervals in a poem or a play is a

Adirge

Brefrain

Clullaby

Dverse

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Question 98

waec 2022

Lines 3 and 4 illustrate

Aantithesis

Boxymoron

Canti-climax

Dmetonymy

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Question 99

waec 2022

The tone of the poet is

Ajocular

Bharsh

Cmournful

Dsombre

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Question 100

waec 2022

The poem is

Aallegoric

Bdidactic

Cmetaphysical

Dromantic

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Question 101

waec 2022

In drama, catharsis is the

Achange of setting

Bconflict between two characters

Cresolution of conflict

Dpurgation of emotion from tension

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Question 102

waec 2022

My bounty is as boundless as the sea my love as deep

The above lines illustrate

Aapostrophe

Bepigram

Chyperbole

Deuphemism

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Question 103

waec 2022

A story with elements that have both literal and figurative meanings is

Aan allegory

Ba fable

Ca novella

Dan epistle

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Question 104

waec 2022

In literature, the two components of diction are

Asentence construction and punctuation

Bvocabulary and punctuation

Csyntax and sentence construction

Dvocabulary and syntax

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Question 105

waec 2022

A short play performed between the acts of a bigger play for entertainment is

Aan in media res

Ban interlude

Can incantation

Da deux ex machina

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Question 106

waec 2022

Several hands stretched out for free meals at the refugee camp illustrates

AAntithesis

BEuphemism

CLitotes

DSynecdoche

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Question 107

waec 2022

The literary term describing individuals in a work of literature is

Acharacters

Bprotagonist

Cnarrator

Dvillain

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Question 108

waec 2022

A novel that features spiritual apparitions as major character is

AEpistolary

BGothic

CHistorical

DSocialogical

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Question 109

waec 2021

The speech is A. romanticB. satiric c. comicD. tragic

Aromantic

Bsatiric

Ccomic

Dtragic

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Question 110

waec 2021

The occasion is

Athe celebration of the royal marriage

Bthe king's decision to banish Hermia

COberon's threat to punish Titania

DTitania falling in love with Bottom

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