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Question 1321
waec 1999

The person's mood is one of

Asarcasm
Bindifference
Cdespair
Djoy
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Question 1322
waec 1999

The creature in the poem is best described as

Aclever
Bsluggish
Cawkward
Dtiny
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Question 1323
waec 1999

Lines 1 and 2 of the second stanza illustrate the use of

Acaesura
Bmetre
Cenjambment
Dellipsis
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Question 1324
waec 1999

The subject of the poem is a

Amosquito
Bflea
Cbedbug
Dlouse
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Question 1325
waec 1999
The ending of most comedies is
Ahappy
Bnatural
Ccalm
Duncertain
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Question 1326
waec 1999
The main effect of comedy on an audience is
Aanxiety
Bsadness
Claughter
Dsuspense
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Question 1327
waec 1999

Which of the following is not a type of drama?

Aburleque
Bresolution
Ctragedy
Dpantomime
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Question 1328
waec 1999
The climax in a literary work is the
Amiddle of the work
Bbeginning of the story
Ccentral part of the dialogue
Dmost intense point of the conflict
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Question 1329
waec 1999
A sonnet is made up of a rhyming sestet and two
Arhyming couplets
Brhyming quatrains
Crhyming lines
Drhyming stanzas
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Question 1330
waec 1999
A stanza of four lines is a (n)
Aoctave
Bcouplet
Cquatrain
Dtercet
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Question 1331
waec 1999
'The stars blinked and the wind wailed' is an example of
Aeuphemism
Bpersonification
Cparody
Dantithesis
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Question 1332
waec 1999
An 'Aside' occurs when a speaker on stage
Aaddresses another speaker
Bmumbles words intended for the audience only
Cmumbles words heard by the audience and actors
Dreveals his intentions
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Question 1333
waec 1999
A verbal irony occurs when a speaker on stage
Aintends more than he says
Bis alone
Ctries to deceive the audience
Dis misunderstood
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Question 1334
waec 1999
The hero in a story is the
Aobserver
Bprotagonist
Cantagonist
Dactor
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Question 1335
waec 1999
A play that thrives on exaggeration of humour, plot and character is a
Amime
Btragedy
Cfarce
Dlampoon
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Question 1336
waec 1999
The characters in a play constitute the
Aperformers
Bchorus
Caudience
Dcast
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Question 1337
waec 1999
The theme of a work of art is the
Aconcluding part
Bcentral thought
Ccentral role
Dintroductory part
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Question 1338
waec 1999
One of the following is a literary device
ASonnet
BOde
CSuspense
DLyric
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Question 1339
waec 1999
The repetition of similar vowel sounds within lines is
Aparallelism
Ballusion
Cassonance
Dalliteration
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Question 1340
waec 1999
A word that sounds like what it names is a (n)
Aalliteration
Bassonance
Conomatopoeia
Drhyme
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