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48 questions JAMB 2378 WAEC 1459 CUSTOM 2
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Question 21
waec 2005
Which of the following poems is based on travel and adventure?
AOde to the West Wind
BFreetown
CUlysses
DNo coffin, No grave
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Question 22
waec 2005
''Horrendous horrors haunted Helen's happiness'' illustrates
Aalliteration
Brhythm
Crepetition
Dassonance
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Question 23
waec 2005
Pick the odd item from the options below
APlot
BTheme
CMetre
DSubject
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Question 24
waec 2005
In ''my finger click with a Snicker And, chuckling, they knuckle the key'' the dominant figure of speech used is
Aparallelism
Blitotes
Chyperbole
Donomatopoeia
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Question 25
waec 2005
A narrative poem in the manner of oral folk tradition is
Aa pastoral
Ba lyric
Ca ballad
Dan elegy
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Question 26
waec 2005

Pick the odd item from the options below

AElegy
BEpitaph
CDirge
DOde
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Question 27
waec 2005
A situation in which the audience knows more than the character does, is an instance of
Acomic relief
Binterior monologue
Cdramatic irony
Dpoetic licence
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Question 28
waec 2005
A device that reveals a discrepancy between appearance and reality is
Aoxymoron
Birony
Cantithesis
Dbathos
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