Literature in English Past Questions

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Question 11
waec 2013

The two contrasting moods in the poem is/ are

Asadness and hope
Bbravery and cowardice
Cexcitement and disappointment
Dcalmness and anxiety
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Question 12
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The dominant sound device in the second stanza is

Aalliteration
Bassonance
Conomatopeia
Drepetition
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Question 13
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The rhyme scheme in the first stanza is

Aaabb
Babab
Cabbaa
Daabc
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Question 14
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''Mad the rhythm runs'' is an example of

Apathos
Boxymoron
Cbathos
Dinversion
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Question 15
waec 2013

The theme of the poem is best described as the

Alove of war
Bglory of war
Cexcitement of war
Dreality of war
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Question 16
waec 2013

The setting of the extract is

Adawn
Bmidday
Cevening
Dnight
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Question 17
waec 2013

The expression ''like fly that dared not alight'' is a/an

Asimile
Bhyberbole
Cirony
Dalliteration
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Question 18
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The diction conveys a feeling of

Ahope
Bhelplessness
Canger
Dindifference
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Question 19
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''The air was actually burning gas'' is a

Apersonification
Beuphemism
Cmetaphor
Dparadox
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Question 20
waec 2013

''...the cutter blade blurred into life''.
The above expression appeals to the sense of

Ahearing
Btouch
Csight
Dtaste
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Question 21
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A short witty saying is a/an
Aepitaph
Bsonnet
Climerick
Depigram
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Question 22
waec 2013
''But at my back I always hear
Time's winged chariot hurrying near'' illustrates
Ametaphor
Bapostrophe
Coxymoron
Dmetonymy
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Question 23
waec 2013

In a play, unfolding events reach their peak in the

Aclimax
Bdenouement
Ccatharsis
Dconflict
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Question 24
waec 2013
''The pen is mightier than the sword'' is an example of
Asymbol
Bmetaphor
Cmetonymy
Doxymoron
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Question 25
waec 2013
A question used for effect which does not require an answer is
Aoratorial
Bantithetical
Canticlimactic
Drhetorical
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Question 26
waec 2013
In the line 'season of mist and mellow fruitfulness', the main appeal is to the sense of
Atouch
Bsight
Chearing
Dsmell
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Question 27
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'The king has joined his ancestors' is an example of
Aeuphemism
Beulogy
Cmalapropism
Dtrilogy
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Question 28
waec 2013
An epilogue
Aintroduces a play
Bdevelops characters
Csums up a play
Dintroduces characters
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Question 29
waec 2013
A very brief story is an
Aallusion
Bautobiography
Callegory
Danecdote
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Question 30
waec 2013

Blank verse has no

Ametre
Brhyme
Crhythm
Dimagery
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