Literature in English Past Questions

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Question 11
waec 2006

The power of ''sleep'' is described as

Amajestic
Bmagical
Cpoetic
Dworshipful
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Question 12
waec 2006

''Sleep'' in the poem is an example of

Aalliteration
Bassonance
Conomatopoeia
Dpun
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Question 13
waec 2006

The poem makes use of

Aend-stopped lines
Brun-on lines
Crhyme
Dmetaphor
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Question 14
waec 2006

The dominant device used in the first line is

AOxymoron
Bapostrophe
Crhyme
Dmetaphor
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Question 15
waec 2006

The poem is

Aan epic
Ban ode
Ca lyric
Da ballad
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Question 16
waec 2006

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

Aanecdote
Bepigram
Callusion
Depitaph
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Question 17
waec 2006

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

Ahelplessness
Bslowness
Csadness
Dtiredness
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Question 18
waec 2006

The passage conveys a mood of

Adefiance
Bhope
Cfear
Ddespair
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Question 19
waec 2006

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

Asynecdoche
Bepithet
Cassonance
Dpersonification
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Question 20
waec 2006

The style of writing is

Aargumentative
Bepistolary
Cnarrative
Dexpository
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Question 21
waec 2006
''The strong gongs groaning as the guns boom far'' illustrates
Ametonymy
Brefrain
Conomatopoeia
Drepetition
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Question 22
waec 2006
Pick the odd item from the options listed below.
ARomance
BNovel
CShort Story
DSonnet
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Question 23
waec 2006
''I don't fancy forbidden fruits of fashions and fads'' illustrates
Arefrain
Brepetition
Cassonance
Dalliteration
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Question 24
waec 2006
The dominant device used in drama is
Astage direction
Bdialogue
Ccharacterisation
Dsolioquy
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Question 25
waec 2006

''Friendship is a sheltering tree'' illustrates

Asimile
Bmetaphor
Cpersonification
Doxymoron
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Question 26
waec 2006

A pair of rhymed iambic pentametre lines is a

Atercet
Bheroic couplet
Csestet
Dblank verse
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Question 27
waec 2006
The specific literary term used to distinguish a novel from a play is
Agenre
Bverse
Cdiction
Dstyle
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Question 28
waec 2006
Pick the odd item from the options listed below.
AEuphemism
BOxymoron
CHyperbole
DRhythm
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Question 29
waec 2006
A poem with fourteen lines of rhymed iambic pentrametre is
Aan epic
Ba sonnet
Ca quatrain
Dan octave
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Question 30
waec 2006
A metrical pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables illustrates the
Aiambus
Banapaest
Cdactil
Dtrochee
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