Literature in English Past Questions

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Question 21
waec 2014

A poem in which a lone speaker seems to be addressing someone else is a

Apathetic fallacy
Bverbal irony
Cdramatic irony
Ddramatic monologue
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Question 22
waec 2014
The term used to depict the freedom of a poet with language is
Apoetic diction
Bbathos
Cgraphology
Dpoetic licence
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Question 23
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A person's life story written by another person is
Aa commentary
Ba biography
Can autobiography
Dan epistolary
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Question 24
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The loneliest people live in the most crowded places illustrates
Aparadox
Banecdote
Callegory
Dparody
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Question 25
waec 2014
An understatement is otherwise called
Alitotes
Bconceit
Cpun
Dcontrast
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Question 26
waec 2014
A character in the story who narrates what happens to him or her is
Aa second person narrator
Ba first person narrator
Can omniscient narrator
Da third person narrator
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Question 27
waec 2014
The repetition of the same vowel sounds in a line is
Aalliteration
Bassonance
Conomatopoeia
Dparallelism
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Question 28
waec 2014
An expression from which one derives a mental picture is
Aparadox
Bexaggeration
Cimagery
Dphotography
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Question 29
waec 2014
A struggle between opposing forces in a story or play is
Adenouement
Bconflict
Ccomedy
Dtragedy
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Question 30
waec 2014

In drama, comic relief often occurs in

Acomedies
Btragedies
Chistorical plays
Dromantic plays
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Question 31
jamb 2014

Fletcher's Upon An Honest Man's Fortune encourages people to

Aaccept life as it is
Bcondemn soothsaying
Cmove in the direction of God
Daccept soothsaying
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Question 32
jamb 2014

The allusion in Hugh's 'The Negro Speaks of Rivers' is mainly

Aliteracy
Bbibilical
Chistorical
Dclassical
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Question 33
jamb 2014

These question are 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; Umukoro M. et al: Exam Focus: Literature in English; Eruvbetine, A.E. et al (eds.): Longman Examination Guides: Poetry for Senior Secondray Schools NWOGA, d.i. (ED.) West African Verse.

In Raleigh's The Soul's Errand, the soul is portrayed as a

Amessenger of hope and peace
Bfriend of suffering masses
Cfearless message-bearer
Drestorer of lost glory
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Question 34
jamb 2014

These question are 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; Umukoro M. et al: Exam Focus: Literature in English; Eruvbetine, A.E. et al (eds.): Longman Examination Guides: Poetry for Senior Secondray Schools NWOGA, d.i. (ED.) West African Verse.

The sun in Donne's The Sun Rising is depicted through the use of

Aapostrophe
Binvocation
Cellipsis
Denjambment
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Question 35
jamb 2014

These question are 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; Umukoro M. et al: Exam Focus: Literature in English; Eruvbetine, A.E. et al (eds.): Longman Examination Guides: Poetry for Senior Secondray Schools NWOGA, d.i. (ED.) West African Verse.

The dominant image in Adeoti's Hard Lines is

Atactile
Bauditory
Cgustatory
Dvisual
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Question 36
jamb 2014

Based on Ernest Hemingway's The Old Man and The Sea,Santiago's second dream occurs

Awhen he sleeps on the boat for a few hours
Bthe night before his fishing expedition
Cin his house
Dat the end of the book
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Question 37
jamb 2014

Based on Ernest Hemingway's The Old Man and The Sea, the attitude of the old man towards nature is quite

Awarm and friendly
Bcautious and skeptical
Chostile and callous
Dcareless and indifferent
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Question 38
jamb 2014

Based on Asare Konadu's A Woman in Her Prime,Asogo is a game in which

Amothers lure their babies to sleep
Bfathers narrate animal stories
Cboys abuse girls with music
Dgirls sing songs of praise and admonition
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Question 39
jamb 2014

Based on Asare Konadu's A Woman in Her Prime, the worst calamity that can befall a woman is

Abarreness
Binability to bear male children
Cinability to marry
Ddivorce
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Question 40
jamb 2014

Based on Asare Konadu's A Woman in Her Prime, the novel explores the theme of

Achild quest of an African woman
Bexploitation of the African woman
Csex discrimination in Ghana
Dwomen liberation in Nigeria
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