Literature in English Past Questions

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Question 11
waec 2007

The diction of the extract conveys the speaker's

Acontempt
Bdespair
Cassurance
Ddetermination
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Question 12
waec 2007

If all else perished and he remained illustrates

Aparadox
Birony
Cbathos
Dantithesis
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Question 13
waec 2007

annihilated in the extract implies

Arebirth
Bdeath
Cmarriage
Dproblems
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Question 14
waec 2007

My love for Heathcliff resembles the eternal rocks beneath illustrates

Ametaphor
Ballusion
Ceuphemism
Dsimile
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Question 15
waec 2007

The speaker's love for Heathcliff is

Aplatonic
Bindestructible
Cephemeral
Duniversal
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Question 16
waec 2007

Sludge in the extract means

Awater
Bfire
Csnow
Dmud
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Question 17
waec 2007

The rhyme scheme of the first stanza is

Aaabb
Babab
Cabcd
Dabba
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Question 18
waec 2007

The expression Drunk with fatigue illustrates

Ametaphor
Bsynecdoche
Clitotes
Dirony
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Question 19
waec 2007

The dominant figure of speech in the first stanza is

Ahyperbole
Bsimile
Ceuphemism
Dpun
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Question 20
waec 2007

The extract conveys a mood of

Adejection
Bdesperation
Cresentment
Dresignation
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Question 21
waec 2007
''A black beautiful brilliant bride'' is an example of
Aalliteration
Bassonance
Conomatopoeia
Dpun
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Question 22
waec 2007
A regular group of lines in poetry constitutes
Astanza
Brhythm
Cverse
Dmetre
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Question 23
waec 2007
An individual who acts, appears or is referred to as playing a part in a literary work is a
Avillain
Bcharacter
Cclown
Dnarrator
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Question 24
waec 2007
Lines of regular recurrence in a poem constitutes
Aan alliteration
Ba refrain
Can assonance
Da theme
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Question 25
waec 2007
A praise poem is
Aa dirge
Ban epic
Ca ballad
Dan ode
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Question 26
waec 2007
A deliberate violation of the rules of verification constitutes
Aimperfect rhyme
Bpoetic license
Cverbal irony
Dcomic relief
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Question 27
waec 2007
Pick the odd item out of the options listed below:
Asonnet
Bepic
Callusion
Dode
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Question 28
waec 2007
''Forty hands descended on the devilish head'' illustrates
Aepigram
Bsynecdoche
Cmetonymy
Dallegory
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Question 29
waec 2007

The literary device used in line 6 is an example of

Asynecdoche
Birony
Cparadox
Dhyperbole
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Question 30
waec 2007

The literary device used in line 1 is

Asimile
Balliteration
Clitotes
Dpersonification
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