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
waec 2019

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
waec 2019

A scene in fiction enacting past events is __________

Aallusion
Bforeshadow
Cflashback
Dinterlude
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Question 24
waec 2019

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
waec 2019

The trees bowed their heads in shame illustrates ________

Apersonification
Balliteration
Cassonance
Dparadox
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Question 26
waec 2019

An elegy is a poem of ________

Amourning
Bcomplain
Chope
Djoy
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Question 27
waec 2019

The introductory part of a play, a novel or a poem is the ________

Aepilogue
Bplot
Csetting
Dprologue
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Question 28
waec 2019

He is a citizen of no mean city illustrates _________

Abathos
Beuphemism
Cmetonymy
Dlitotes
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Question 29
waec 2019

A short account of an interesting event is ________

Aa tale.
Ban anecdote
Can episode.
Da story
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Question 30
waec 2019

A literary work which is intended to teach a moral lesson is __________

Aromantic
Bdidactic
Cmimetic
Dmoralistic.
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Question 31
jamb 2019

Fatalism is crucial element in_________

Amelodrama
Btragi-comedy
Ctragedy
Dcomedy
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Question 32
jamb 2019

'poisonous pleasure of wine' illustrates the use of_______

Aantithesis
Bmetaphor
Coxymoron
Dsynecdoche
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Question 33
jamb 2019

Chief Ade Amaka portrays_______

Abetrayal of public trust
Bfraud and misfortune
Clust and deceitfulness
Dthe evils of capitalism
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Question 34
jamb 2019

Asides being a satire, Ogodo's "Harvest of Corruption" may also be regarded as a________

Aparody
Btravelogue
Ctragedy
Dtragicomedy
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Question 35
jamb 2019

"A time to sow,
A time to reap,
A time to born,
A time to die"

This exemplies the use of ...

 

 

Aanadiplosis
Bchiasmus
Canaphora
Dhendiadys
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Question 36
jamb 2019

'The dun dun of a drum' is an example of an__________

Aeuphemism
Bonomatopoeia
Cassonance
Doxymoron
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Question 37
jamb 2019

One of the following is not significant to Morris' "The Proud King"

Adidacticism
Ballusion
Cparable
Dallegory
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Question 38
jamb 2019

... a didactic poem, especially such with animals as characters may be distinctively described as a/an_________

ARomance
Bgothic poem
Climerick
Dapologue
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Question 39
jamb 2019

Analogy is the arrangement of two ideas that are_________

Aopposite
Bsimilar
Csymbolic
Drepetitive
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Question 40
jamb 2019

Okara's reminiscence in the "Piano and Drums" as to how he walks to the farm with no shoes, marching thorns and dangerous leafs, and still finds this enjoyable creates a feeling of___________

Anostalgia
Bneglect of African culture for civilized styles
Cclash of culture
Dconfusion
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