Literature in English Past Questions

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Question 11
waec 2023

The dominant literary device used in the extract is

Aparallelism
Bapostrophe
Cpersonification
Dantithesis
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Question 12
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The extract presents the image of a

Aenough time
Bbright day
Cdark night
Dcalm weather
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Question 13
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After the speech, the speaker

Abegins to dance
Blaughs uncontrollably
Cfalls asleep
Dstarts crying
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Question 14
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Come, thou gentle day illustrates

Aapostrophe
Birony
Cparadox
Deuphemism
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Question 15
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The speaker is in

Athe woods
Bhis apartment
Ca street
Dthe palace
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Question 16
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The speaker is addressing

AHelena
BHermia
CDemetrius
Dhimself
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Question 17
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The speaker is

ALysander
BThisbe
CEgeus
DTatiana
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Question 18
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At the last head count, the population of the school was three thousand is an example of

Asynechdoche
Bhyperbole
Cmetonymy
Dpun
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Question 19
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That girl is too young to be put in the family way illustrates

Aeuphemism
Bhyperbole
Coxymoron
Dparadox
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Question 20
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Exaggerating one's personal features for comic effect is

Acaricature
Blampoon
Ccontrast
Dsatire
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Question 21
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The character that delivers the prologue is

ASnug
BStarveling
CSnout
DQuince
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Question 22
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The character that speaks after the speaker is

ALysander
BDemetrius
CTitania
DHippolyta
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Question 23
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it is not enough to speak, but to speak true illustrates

Aparable
Bepitaph
Cwisecrack
Depigram
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Question 24
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The character that speaks before the speaker

ADemetrius
BTheseus
CPyramus
DHippolyta
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Question 25
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The speaker is

AHippolyta
BLysander
CPyramus
DBottom
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Question 26
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A dramatic performance with scenes played by body movements or gestures without words known as

Acomedy
Bpantomime
Cpanegyric
Dmelodrama
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Question 27
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Letters, journals and diaries are examples of

Afaction
Bmeta-fiction
Cfiction
Dnon-fiction
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Question 28
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The last paragraph illustrates

Aanti-climax
Brising action
Csuspense
Dforeshadow
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Question 29
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rattling like leaves in a storm, fear branded on their faces illustrates

Apersonification and simile
Bpersonification and metaphor
Csimile and metaphor
Dassonance and simile
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Question 30
waec 2023

The attitude of the writer towards Sasu is one of

Asurprise
Banger
Capproval
Ddisdain
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