Literature in English Past Questions

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Question 11
waec 2010

''droning'' and ''have'' illustrate

Aanecdote
Bepigram
Callusion
Depitaph
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Question 12
waec 2010

'',....gasping exhaustion of the ill-nourished and aged....'' infers

Ahelplessness
Bslowness
Csadness
Dtiredness
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Question 13
waec 2010

The passage conveys a mood of

Adefiance
Bhope
Cfear
Ddespair
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Question 14
waec 2010

''.... on the backs of the benches'' illustrates

Asynecdoche
Bepithet
Cassonance
Dpersonification
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Question 15
waec 2010

This style of writing is

Aargumentative
Bepistolary
Cnarrative
Dexpository
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Question 16
waec 2010

''The song is everywhere'' refers to

Afreedom
Banxiety
Cpleasure
Dsatisfaction
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Question 17
waec 2010

The second stanza refers to

Athe uncertainty of life
Bthe pleasures of life
Cthe meaning of life
Dthe joys of life
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Question 18
waec 2010

The atmosphere of the poem implies

Adanger and confusion
Bpeace and reconciliation
Chappiness
Dhope
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Question 19
waec 2010

''Boom Boom Boom'' is an example of

Asymbols
Bonomatopoeia
Cmetonymy
Dallusion
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Question 20
waec 2010

The theme of the poem is

Apeace
Bwar
Clove
Ddeath
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Question 21
waec 2010
''Poetry gets bored of being alone. It wants to go outdoors to chew on the winds''
The dominant figure of speech in the above lines is
AParadox
Bpun
CParallelism
Dpersonification
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Question 22
waec 2010
Pick the odd item out of the options listed
AEuphemism
BOxymoron
CHyperbole
DRhythm
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Question 23
waec 2010
''The strong gongs groaming as the guns born far'' illustrates
Ametonymy
Brefrain
Conomatopoeia
Drepetition
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Question 24
waec 2010
''My bounty is as boundless as the sea
My love as deep'' The above lines illustrate
Aepigram
Bhyperbole
Capostrophe
Dparody
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Question 25
waec 2010

Pick the odd item out of the options listed

Athe joys of the motherhood
Bsons and daughters
Ca man for all seasons
Dthe last duty
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Question 26
waec 2010
The major genres of Literature are
Afiction, non-fiction, drama
Bprose, farce, comedy
Cprose, drama, poetry
Dpoetry, prose, fiction
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Question 27
waec 2010
The elegy
Aconforms to a fixed pattern of lines
Bis set in the countryside
Chas a mournful tone
Dcelebrates heroic deeds
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Question 28
waec 2010
The timing and location of a literary work is
Atheme
Bplot
Csetting
Datmosphere
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Question 29
waec 2010
An emphasis placed on a syllable in pronunciation is
Ameter
Brhythm
Caccent
Drhyme
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Question 30
waec 2010

The central idea of a story or a poem is the

Atitle
Bclimax
Ctheme
Dconflict
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