Literature in English Past Questions

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Question 21
waec 2012
The use of dialogue, creates a/an _ effect
Ahunorus
Bpoetic
Cironic
Ddramatic
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Question 22
waec 2012
_ in drama operates against a character who is unaware of a situation which is known to the audience
AVerbal irony
BDramatic irony
CSatire
DParody
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Question 23
waec 2012

A long narrative chronicling a family's heroic deeds is a/an

Aopera
Bepistle
Cfable
Dsaga
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Question 24
waec 2012
The choice of words to create special effects is called
Afallacy
Batmosphere
Cdiction
Dmood
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Question 25
waec 2012
The types of literary work are
Aeras
Bepisodes
Cgenres
Dcantos
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Question 26
waec 2012
Use the following lines to answer the question

Truth may bend but will never break:
It will ever rise above falsehood as oil above water.

The simile in the second line
Aexpresses the idea more vividly
Btells one that oil is heavier than water
Cmakes a comparison between oil and water
Dexpresses the idea in a complex manner
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Question 27
waec 2012
Use the following lines to answer the question

Truth may bend but will never break:
It will ever rise above falsehood as oil above water.

The alliteration in the first line
Adraws attention to the key ideas
Bdrwas attention to the rhythm of the line
Cmakes the idea sound more true
Dmakes the line sound more pleasant
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Question 28
waec 2012
The performers in a play constitute the
Achorus
Bcharacters
Caudience
Dcast
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Question 29
waec 2012
Lines and stanzas are to poetry as action and dialogue are to
Amusic
Bprose
Cfiction
Ddrama
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Question 30
waec 2012
A narrative in which characters and events are invented is
Afiction
Bepistolary
Cautobiography
Dbiography
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Question 31
waec 2012
A story which explains a natural phenomenon is
Alegned
Bparable
Cmyth
Dfiction
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Question 32
jamb 2012

These qustion is based on selected poems from Johnson, R, et al (eds.): New Poetry from Africa; Soyinka, W. (ED.): Poems of Black Africa; Senanu, K.E. and Vincent, T. (eds.): A Selection of African Poetry: U. Maduka, C.T et al: Exam Focus: Literature Examination Guides; Nwoga, D.I. (ed.): West African Verse and Adeoti G: Naked Soles.

The theme of Cope's Sonnet VII is

Aart of poetry
Badventure
Ccontempt for literature
Disolation
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Question 33
jamb 2012

These qustion is based on selected poems from Johnson, R, et al (eds.): New Poetry from Africa; Soyinka, W. (ED.): Poems of Black Africa; Senanu, K.E. and Vincent, T. (eds.): A Selection of African Poetry: U. Maduka, C.T et al: Exam Focus: Literature Examination Guides; Nwoga, D.I. (ed.): West African Verse and Adeoti G: Naked Soles.

The casualties in Launko's End of the War

Awomen
Bchildren
Cmen
Dsoldiers
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Question 34
jamb 2012

These qustion is based on selected poems from Johnson, R, et al (eds.): New Poetry from Africa; Soyinka, W. (ED.): Poems of Black Africa; Senanu, K.E. and Vincent, T. (eds.): A Selection of African Poetry: U. Maduka, C.T et al: Exam Focus: Literature Examination Guides; Nwoga, D.I. (ed.): West African Verse and Adeoti G: Naked Soles.

"We would be believing we dreamt it"

The figure of speech in the line above from Acquah's In the Navel of the Soul is

Aapostrophe
Bassonance
Cantithesis
Dalliteration
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Question 35
jamb 2012

These qustion is based on selected poems from Johnson, R, et al (eds.): New Poetry from Africa; Soyinka, W. (ED.): Poems of Black Africa; Senanu, K.E. and Vincent, T. (eds.): A Selection of African Poetry: U. Maduka, C.T et al: Exam Focus: Literature Examination Guides; Nwoga, D.I. (ed.): West African Verse and Adeoti G: Naked Soles.

Elliot's The Journey of the Magi could be said to examine the issues of

Athree trees on the low sky
Bempty wine-skins
Cspiritual rebirth
Dholy pilgrimage
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Question 36
jamb 2012

These qustion is based on selected poems from Johnson, R, et al (eds.): New Poetry from Africa; Soyinka, W. (ED.): Poems of Black Africa; Senanu, K.E. and Vincent, T. (eds.): A Selection of African Poetry: U. Maduka, C.T et al: Exam Focus: Literature Examination Guides; Nwoga, D.I. (ed.): West African Verse and Adeoti G: Naked Soles.

In Lawrence's Bat, the poet compares bats with

Asparrows
Bswans
Cswallows
Dcrows
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Question 37
jamb 2012

These qustion is based on selected poems from Johnson, R, et al (eds.): New Poetry from Africa; Soyinka, W. (ED.): Poems of Black Africa; Senanu, K.E. and Vincent, T. (eds.): A Selection of African Poetry: U. Maduka, C.T et al: Exam Focus: Literature Examination Guides; Nwoga, D.I. (ed.): West African Verse and Adeoti G: Naked Soles.

"...the youthful hue/sits on thy skin like a morning due..."

The excerpt above from Marvell's To His Coy Mistress is an example of

Asimile
Banaphora
Cparadox
Donomatopia
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Question 38
jamb 2012

These qustion is based on selected poems from Johnson, R, et al (eds.): New Poetry from Africa; Soyinka, W. (ED.): Poems of Black Africa; Senanu, K.E. and Vincent, T. (eds.): A Selection of African Poetry: U. Maduka, C.T et al: Exam Focus: Literature Examination Guides; Nwoga, D.I. (ed.): West African Verse and Adeoti G: Naked Soles.

Give Me The Minstrel's Seat ends on a clarion call for

Afreedom
Bpeace
Crectitude
Dcommitment
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Question 39
jamb 2012

These qustion is based on selected poems from Johnson, R, et al (eds.): New Poetry from Africa; Soyinka, W. (ED.): Poems of Black Africa; Senanu, K.E. and Vincent, T. (eds.): A Selection of African Poetry: U. Maduka, C.T et al: Exam Focus: Literature Examination Guides; Nwoga, D.I. (ed.): West African Verse and Adeoti G: Naked Soles.

In Kunene's A Heritage of Liberation, the weapons are to be preserved for the generation yet unborn by the

Agods
Belders
Cpeople
Dgovernment
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Question 40
jamb 2012

These qustion is based on selected poems from Johnson, R, et al (eds.): New Poetry from Africa; Soyinka, W. (ED.): Poems of Black Africa; Senanu, K.E. and Vincent, T. (eds.): A Selection of African Poetry: U. Maduka, C.T et al: Exam Focus: Literature Examination Guides; Nwoga, D.I. (ed.): West African Verse and Adeoti G: Naked Soles.

One of the dominant themes if Rubadin's An African Thunderstorm is the

Arelationship between man and woman
Bactivities of man during rainy seasons
Ceffect of rain on women and children
Dproblem of climate change
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