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Question 191

waec 2018

But the towering earth was tired of sitting in one position.
She moved suddenly and the houses crumbled, the mountains heaved horrible, and the work of a million years was lost

The effect of the extract is conveyed through the use of___________

AAntithesis

BParallelism

CConceit

DClimax

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Question 192

waec 2018

But the towering earth was tired of sitting in one position.
She moved suddenly and the houses crumbled, the mountains heaved horrible, and the work of a million years was lost

The extract is about____________

AAn earthquake

BA flood

CAn explosion

DA storm

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Question 193

waec 2018

But the towering earth was tired of sitting in one position.
She moved suddenly and the houses crumbled, the mountains heaved horrible, and the work of a million years was lost

The predominant figure of speech in the extract is____________

AOxymoron

BPersonification

CContrast

DParadox

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Question 194

waec 2018

Weeping Willow illustrates________

ADramatic Monologue

BPathetic Fallacy

CTransferred epithet

DDramatic Irony

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Question 195

waec 2018

A short play perfomed during the pause between the acts of a longer play is____________-

AAn Interlude

BAn epilogue

CA prologue

DAn interval

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Question 196

waec 2018

Who lied in the chapel
Now lies in the Abbey

The dominant device used is___________-

AParadox

BPun

CChiasmus

DZeugma

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Question 197

waec 2018

Hamartia, in a literary work refers to a hero's_________

ATragic flaw

BInordinate ambition

Cstrength of character

DGood works

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Question 198

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Oh spite! Oh Hell!! I see you are all bent

To set aganist me for your merriment.

The lines illustrate__________

AEpitaph

BEpigram

CApostrophe

DAllusion

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Question 199

waec 2018

A poem which celebrates simple country life is___________

AA dirge

BAn ode

CAn epic

DA pastoral

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Question 200

waec 2018

Diction is a writer's choice of___________-

AStyle

BSyntax

CRhythm

DWords

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Question 201

waec 2018

The cast appears at the end of a play for the ___________-

AMusical

BCurtain Call

CIntermission

DIntroduction

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Question 202

waec 2018

He is my most beloved enemy ilustrates__________

ASynecdoche

BOxymoron

CMetonymy

DLitotes

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Question 203

waec 2018

A Sonnet has a final couplet when it has___________

AA sestet

BAn octave

CTwo sestets

DThree quatrains

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Question 204

waec 2018

A play that moves the audience to pity and fear is a ____________

AComedy

BFarce

CPantomime

DTragedy

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Question 205

waec 2018

Before a play is performed, it is ___________

AAuditioned

BApplauded

CRehearsed

DRecited

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Question 206

waec 2018

A dramatic performance with ONLY bodily movements and no speech is a _____________

AFarce

BMime

CSlapstick

DBurlesque

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Question 207

waec 2018

The Main Character in a Play or Novel is the ____________

AProtagonist

BNarrator

CVillain

DAntagonist

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Question 208

waec 2017

The underlined expression suggests that____________

AThere is an imminent eclipse

BLife will never be the same again for the speaker

CNothing will change

DThere is an impending danger for the speaker

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Question 209

waec 2017

The speech is provoked by______

AEmilia's call

BIago's treachery

CCassio's confession

DDesdemona's plea

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Question 210

waec 2017

The speaker has just_______________

ADivorced his wife

BArrived home from war

CHad a nightmare

DSmothered his wife

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