Literature in English Past Questions

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Question 21
waec 2013

In poetry _ is made up of stressed and unstressed syllables

Aan anapest
Btrochee
Cdactyll
Dan iambus
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Question 22
waec 2013
An omniscient narrator in a novel
Adataches himself from the story
Bknows nothing about the characters and events
Cknows everything about the caharecters and events
Dis a character in the story
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Question 23
waec 2013
One of the following makes use of gesture only:
Acomedy
Blampoon
Cmime
Dsatire
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Question 24
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The author's attitude towards the subject being treated is

Amood
Btone
Cfeeling
Datmosphere
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Question 25
waec 2013

This book should fill the memory, rule the heart and guide the feet.

The above expression illustrates the use of

Arepetition
Brefrain
Csynecdoche
Dmetaphor
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Question 26
waec 2013
''The fire gnawed ceaselessly at the bark of the tree'' illustrates
Apersonification
Beithet
Callusion
Dparadox
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Question 27
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The device used in 'Light as wind on water laid' is
Arhyme
Bsimile
Conomatopeia
Dpun
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Question 28
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A long and serious narrative about heroic characters is a/an
Aburlesque
Bballad
Cepic
Delegy
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Question 29
waec 2013
_ is fundamental to a play or novel.
AMime
BConflict
CFlashback
DEpilogue
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