Literature in English Past Questions

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Question 21
waec 2022

The tone of the poet is

Ajocular
Bharsh
Cmournful
Dsombre
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Question 22
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The poem is

Aallegoric
Bdidactic
Cmetaphysical
Dromantic
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Question 23
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In drama, catharsis is the

Achange of setting
Bconflict between two characters
Cresolution of conflict
Dpurgation of emotion from tension
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Question 24
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My bounty is as boundless as the sea my love as deep

The above lines illustrate

Aapostrophe
Bepigram
Chyperbole
Deuphemism
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Question 25
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A story with elements that have both literal and figurative meanings is

Aan allegory
Ba fable
Ca novella
Dan epistle
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Question 26
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In literature, the two components of diction are

Asentence construction and punctuation
Bvocabulary and punctuation
Csyntax and sentence construction
Dvocabulary and syntax
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Question 27
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A short play performed between the acts of a bigger play for entertainment is

Aan in media res
Ban interlude
Can incantation
Da deux ex machina
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Question 28
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Several hands stretched out for free meals at the refugee camp illustrates

AAntithesis
BEuphemism
CLitotes
DSynecdoche
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Question 29
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The literary term describing individuals in a work of literature is

Acharacters
Bprotagonist
Cnarrator
Dvillain
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Question 30
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A novel that features spiritual apparitions as major character is

AEpistolary
BGothic
CHistorical
DSocialogical
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Question 31
jamb 2022

The hunter dies
and leaves his poverty to his gun
The blacksmith dies
and leaves his poverty to his anvil...

The extract above is an example of

Aepic
Beulogy
Cballad
Delegy
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Question 32
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A device used by a writer to recall past event in a literary work is

Aanti-climax
Binterlude
Cflashback
Dforeshadowing
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Question 33
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Which of these is the oldest genre of literature?

APoetry
BProse
CAroma
DDrama
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Question 34
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'The fair breeze blew
The white foam flew
The furrow followed free
We were the first that ever burst into that silent sea.'

The dominant figure of speech in the above passage is

Arepetition
Balliteration
Cparadox
Drhyme scheme
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Question 35
jamb 2022

Chanson is a term denoting a

Apopular Korean verse
BSong from the middle Ages
CForm of love song
Dpoem of Varied Metrical forms
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Question 36
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"I had not taken the first step in knowledge, I had not learnt to let go with the hands".The above lines is an example of a

AAspotrophe
BAlliteration
CRepetitiion
DAssonance
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Question 37
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'To see a world in a grain of sand
And a heaven in a wild flower
Hold infinity in the palm of your hand
And eternity in an hour'

- William Blake
To see a World In a Grain of Sand.
The predominant figure of speech used in the lines above is

Ametaphor
Bsimile
Cparadox
Dhyperbole
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Question 38
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"Rays of sun peeping through the cloud ", the line is an example of

ASynecdoche
BIrony
CApostrophe
DPersonification
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Question 39
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The narrator in a prose work who is also a character is

Aomniscient narrator
Bparticipatory narrator
Cobjective narrator
Dsubjective narrator
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Question 40
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"I hate brave cowards like you" is an example of

AIrony
BAntithesis
CEulogy
DOxymoron
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