Literature in English Past Questions

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Question 11
waec 2000

The device used in the last sentence is

Aclimax
Bsarcasm
Ceuphemism
Dhyperbole
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Question 12
waec 2000

The attitude of the survivors is best summed up by the word

Aindifference
Bpersistence
Cresignation
Dvictory
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Question 13
waec 2000

The mood is expressed through the use of

Aobjects
Bscenery
Csyntax
Ddiction
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Question 14
waec 2000

The writer's mood is one of

Aanger
Bfear
Cpity
Ddisappointment
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Question 15
waec 2000

A suitable title for the passage is the

AMarch of Soldiers
BAgony of War
CPangs of Hunger
DDread of Desease
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Question 16
waec 2000

''Pleasure's moth'' is an example of a(n)

Airony
Bhyperbole
Cmetaphor
Dsimile
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Question 17
waec 2000

''False glare'' refers to

Aman-made light
Bnature's light
Cthe moon's light
Dthe sun's light
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Question 18
waec 2000

The feelings associated with ''Joy'' and ''Pleasure'' in the first stanza is

Arhyme
Beuphemism
Cassonance
Dcontrast
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Question 19
waec 2000

The dominant device used in presenting ''Joy'' and ''Pleasure'' in the first stanza is

Adiction
Boxymoron
Cpersonification
Dconceit
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Question 20
waec 2000

The poem says that ''Joy'' is

Afor the poor
Bnatural and satisfying
Cartificial and transitory
Dfor lovers
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Question 21
waec 2000

A character that develops with events and situations in a novel is a ......character.

Aflat
Bsound
Cminor
Dmain
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Question 22
waec 2000

A non-verbal story-telling by a character on stage is

Aimitation
Bfarce
Cmime
Dcomedy
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Question 23
waec 2000

The expression '' poisonous pleasure of wine'' Illustrates the use of

Ametonymy
Bsynecdoche
Cparadox
Doxymoron
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Question 24
waec 2000

An address to an object or person not present is

Aapostrophe
Bsynecdoche
Cparadox
Depigram
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Question 25
waec 2000

In ''The fair breeze below, the white foam flew, The furrow followed free, the dominant device used is

Ametaphor
Bpersonification
Calliteration
Dassonance
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Question 26
waec 2000

Twelfth Night is an example of

Afarce
Bcomedy
Ctragi-comedy
Dburlesque
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Question 27
waec 2000

''I have read Shakespeare' is an example of

Alitotes
Bparadox
Cparody
Dmetonymy
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Question 28
waec 2000

The above lines constitute a

Acouplet
Brhythm
Ctercet
Drhyme
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Question 29
waec 2000

In the above lines, ''flow,'' and ''show''

Aalliterate
Bcontrast
Crhyme
Dparallel
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Question 30
waec 2000

" Soft as he mourned, the streams forgot to flow
She flocks around a dumb compassion show "

The dominant device used in the lines above is

Aoxymoron
Bmock-heroic
Cpathetic fallacy
Dsatire
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