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Question 1031

waec 2005

''Death be not proud'' illustrates

Aeuphemism

Bpersonification

Cmetaphor

Dlitotes

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Question 1032

waec 2005

He sits under the bough utters a loud cough, wipes his sweating brow and gives the dog a blow. The extract illustrates......rhyme

Amasculine

Beye

Cinternal

Dend

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Question 1033

waec 2005

Rhyming words

Ahave similar spellings

Bare parallel lines

Csound alike

Dconvey meaning

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Question 1034

waec 2005

The mood in ''Nothing so true as what you once let fall Most women have no characters at all'' is

Apessimistic

Bjuibilant

Canticipatory

Doptimistic

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Question 1035

waec 2005

Poetry that avoids the use of regular metre is

Alyric

Blumerick

Cfree verse

Dblank verse

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Question 1036

waec 2005

Which of the following is a praise poem?

AFreetown

BUlysses

CIs my team ploughing?

DOde to the West Wind

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Question 1037

waec 2005

The metrical pattern in, ''In mist or cloud, On mast or shroud'' is

Aiambic

Btrochaic

Canapaestic

Ddactylic

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Question 1038

waec 2005

Pick the odd item from the options below

ASimile

BMetaphor

CSynecdoche

DBallad

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Question 1039

waec 2005

It runs through the reeds
And away it proceeds,
Through meadows and glade,
In sun and in shade.

The dominant device used in the above extract is

Aimagery

Bsymbolism

Crhyme

Dpun

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Question 1040

waec 2005

Which of the following poems is based on travel and adventure?

AOde to the West Wind

BFreetown

CUlysses

DNo coffin, No grave

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Question 1041

waec 2005

''Horrendous horrors haunted Helen's happiness'' illustrates

Aalliteration

Brhythm

Crepetition

Dassonance

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Question 1042

waec 2005

Pick the odd item from the options below

APlot

BTheme

CMetre

DSubject

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Question 1043

waec 2005

In ''my finger click with a Snicker And, chuckling, they knuckle the key'' the dominant figure of speech used is

Aparallelism

Blitotes

Chyperbole

Donomatopoeia

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Question 1044

waec 2005

A narrative poem in the manner of oral folk tradition is

Aa pastoral

Ba lyric

Ca ballad

Dan elegy

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Question 1045

waec 2005

Pick the odd item from the options below

AElegy

BEpitaph

CDirge

DOde

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Question 1046

waec 2005

A situation in which the audience knows more than the character does, is an instance of

Acomic relief

Binterior monologue

Cdramatic irony

Dpoetic licence

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Question 1047

waec 2005

A device that reveals a discrepancy between appearance and reality is

Aoxymoron

Birony

Cantithesis

Dbathos

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Question 1048

jamb 2005

This question is based on Femi Ademiluyi's The New Man.

The mob in the novel is portrayed as

Aa monster and a snake

Ba bad group

Cdemonstrators

Dfighters

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Question 1049

jamb 2005

This question is based on Femi Ademiluyi's The New Man.

In the novel, Asejire refers to a

Ariver

Btown

Cfarmer

Dcleric

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Question 1050

jamb 2005

This question is based on Femi Ademiluyi's The New Man.

Brigadier General Johnson's plan to assassinate President Monye is revealed to

ABiola Denji

Bthe SAB superior

Cthe President's ADC

Da friend

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