Literature in English Past Questions

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Question 11
waec 2003

The dominant images are associated with

ADeath
BNature
CLife
DAge
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Question 12
waec 2003

The mood in the last two lines is one of

Asurprise
Blament
Cuncertainty
Dindifference
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Question 13
waec 2003

The theme of the poem is the ...of life

Avanity
Bcreation
Cdistortion
Dfutility
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Question 14
waec 2003

One of the dominant literary devices used in the poem is

Ahyperbole
Bsimile
Cassonance
Dmetaphhor
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Question 15
waec 2003

The poem is a/an

Aelegy
Bepic
Csonnet
Dlyric
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Question 16
waec 2003

''.....put a sword in the heart of the land'' implies

Amurder
Bdanger
Cstrife
Ddestruction.
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Question 17
waec 2003

''....a tender rose'' is an example of a/an

Apersonification
Bimagery
Csymbolism
Dmetaphor
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Question 18
waec 2003

The dominant literary device used is

Ametaphor
Brepetition
Csimile
Dpersonification
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Question 19
waec 2003

The extract is about

Aarmed robbery
Britual killing
Cthe tragedy of war
Dthe tragedy of oppression
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Question 20
waec 2003

The mood of the extract is one of

Agloom
Bserenity
Canxiety
Dindifference
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Question 21
waec 2003
A author's story about himself is a/an
Abiography
Bessay
Cdiary
Dautobiography
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Question 22
waec 2003

The feelings and attitudes of a writer are conveyed by

Amood
Bstyle
Ctheme
Dsetting
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Question 23
waec 2003
Pick the odd item
Aelergy
Bballad
Cmetaphor
Dode
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Question 24
waec 2003
The term used for the unraveling of the complications of the plot at the end of a literary works is
Aclimax
Bdenouement
Cconflict
Dtension
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Question 25
waec 2003

''Life is but an empty dream'' illustrates the use of

Asynecdoche
Bperipeteia
Clitotes
Dallusion
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Question 26
waec 2003

Stanza refers to..in a poem

Adevices
Blines
Csections
Ddivisions
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Question 27
waec 2003
''Enjambment'' is the poetic term referring to the use of
Arun-on-lines
Brhyme lines
Crhythm
Dmetre
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Question 28
waec 2003
Diction is writers choice of
Astyles
Bplot
Ctheme
Dwords
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Question 29
waec 2003
A recurrent image in a literary work that illustrates theme is
Asymbol
Bdramatic irony
Cmotif
Dpathetic fallacy
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Question 30
waec 2003
One of the following is not an African poet
Alenrie Peters
BThomas Gray
CJ.P. Clark
DSly Cheney-Coker
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