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Question 141

waec 2020

I find no peace and all my war is done

I fear and hope. I burn and freeze like ice.

The feeling of the narrator in the extract is to one of ________

AConfusion

Bfatigue

Clove

Djoy

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Question 142

waec 2020

The dominant literary device used in the lines is ________

Aeuphemism

Bhyperbole

Cparadox

Dunderstatement

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Question 143

waec 2020

The big boulder blasted the house illustrates _________

Aalliteration

Bcontrast

Cirony

Dparadox

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Question 144

waec 2020

A short poem with a witty or sarcastic ending is a/an __________

Aballad

Ballegory

Cepigram

Dpanegyric

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Question 145

waec 2020

Read the lines and answer the question:

The underlined words illustrate:

Marching along fifty score strong

Great hearted gentlemen singing this song

Aassonance

Bconsonance

Conomatopoeia

Drepetition

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Question 146

waec 2020

The end of a performance is followed by ________

Aa curtain call

Ba curtain raiser

Cepilogue

Dinterlude

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Question 147

waec 2020

Ascribing human moods to nature, as in a playful-breeze illustrates _________

Ahumour

Bpathetic fallacy

Csymbolism

Dzeugma

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Question 148

waec 2020

In Literature, the term poetic justice applies to __________

Aa story that ends well

Bcharacters that are spared death

Cthe development of a good plot

Dthe rewarding of good characters and the punishing of bad ones.

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Question 149

waec 2020

Students rarely read Julius Caesar these days illustrates ________

Acaesura

Beponym

Coxymoron

Dzeugma

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Question 150

waec 2020

Comic relief occurs in ________

Acomedies

Bpastorals

Cromance

Dtragedies

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Question 151

waec 2020

His pen was like the breath of life exemplifies ________

Abathos

Bpathos

Csatire

Dsimile

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Question 152

waec 2020

hands and feet in line 4 illustrate _________

Acontrast

Blitotes

Cpersonification

Dsynecdoche

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Question 153

waec 2020

The underlined words illustrate ________

Ahyperbole

Birony

Cmetonymy

Dparadox

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Question 154

waec 2020

The sudden reversal of a character's fortune in a literary work is _________

Adenouement

Bhamartia

Chubris

Dperipeteia

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Question 155

waec 2020

Condensed use of language is a dominant feature of ___________

Acomedy

Bpoetry

Cprose

Dtragedy

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Question 156

waec 2020

A fictional prose which is neither a novel nor a short story is a/an __________

Aallegory

Bfable

Cnovella

Dnovelette

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Question 157

waec 2020

A situation where an audience is aware of an action a character is ignorant of is ________

Adramatic irony

Bcomic relief

Caside

Dsatire

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Question 158

waec 2019

The language of the extract is best described as _________

Aironical

Bhumorous

Chyperbolical

Dsarcástie.

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Question 159

waec 2019

The scene reveals the speaker's __________

Afear of adventure

Baffection for his wife

Csuspicion

Dfulfilment as a warrior

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Question 160

waec 2019

The dominant images are associated with _______

Alove

Bnature

Csailing

Dwar

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