Literature in English Past Questions

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Question 21
waec 2019

Milton! thou should'st be living at this hour.

The literary device used in the line above is _________

Aaside
Bapostrophe
Csoliloquy
Dsuspense
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Question 22
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Poetic licence is a term applied to a poet's _______

Achoice of word
Bchoice of characters
Crestrictions in the use of language
Dfreedom in the use of language
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Question 23
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A scene in fiction enacting past events is __________

Aallusion
Bforeshadow
Cflashback
Dinterlude
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Question 24
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A character whose actions are predictable in a literary work is _________

Around characte
Ba flat character
Cthe hero
Dthe villain
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Question 25
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The trees bowed their heads in shame illustrates ________

Apersonification
Balliteration
Cassonance
Dparadox
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Question 26
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An elegy is a poem of ________

Amourning
Bcomplain
Chope
Djoy
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Question 27
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The introductory part of a play, a novel or a poem is the ________

Aepilogue
Bplot
Csetting
Dprologue
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Question 28
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He is a citizen of no mean city illustrates _________

Abathos
Beuphemism
Cmetonymy
Dlitotes
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Question 29
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A short account of an interesting event is ________

Aa tale.
Ban anecdote
Can episode.
Da story
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Question 30
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A literary work which is intended to teach a moral lesson is __________

Aromantic
Bdidactic
Cmimetic
Dmoralistic.
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