Literature in English Past Questions

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Question 291
waec 2020

Which of the following is written by an African playwright?

AShe Stoops to Conquer
BA Raisin in the Sun
CLonely Days
DThe Blood of a stranger
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Question 292
waec 2020

I find no peace and all my war is done

I fear and hope. I burn and freeze like ice.

The feeling of the narrator in the extract is to one of ________

AConfusion
Bfatigue
Clove
Djoy
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Question 293
waec 2020

The dominant literary device used in the lines is ________

Aeuphemism
Bhyperbole
Cparadox
Dunderstatement
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Question 294
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 The big boulder blasted the house illustrates _________

Aalliteration
Bcontrast
Cirony
Dparadox
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Question 295
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A short poem with a witty or sarcastic ending is a/an __________

Aballad
Ballegory
Cepigram
Dpanegyric
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Question 296
waec 2020

Read the lines and answer the question:

The underlined words illustrate:

Marching along fifty score strong

Great hearted gentlemen singing this song

Aassonance
Bconsonance
Conomatopoeia
Drepetition
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Question 297
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The end of a performance is followed by ________

Aa curtain call
Ba curtain raiser
Cepilogue
Dinterlude
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Question 298
waec 2020

Ascribing human moods to nature, as in a playful-breeze illustrates _________

Ahumour
Bpathetic fallacy
Csymbolism
Dzeugma
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Question 299
waec 2020

In Literature, the term poetic justice applies to __________

Aa story that ends well
Bcharacters that are spared death
Cthe development of a good plot
Dthe rewarding of good characters and the punishing of bad ones.
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Question 300
waec 2020

Students rarely read Julius Caesar these days illustrates ________

Acaesura
Beponym
Coxymoron
Dzeugma
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Question 301
waec 2020

Comic relief occurs in ________

Acomedies
Bpastorals
Cromance
Dtragedies
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Question 302
waec 2020

His pen was like the breath of life exemplifies ________

Abathos
Bpathos
Csatire
Dsimile
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Question 303
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hands and feet in line 4 illustrate _________

Acontrast
Blitotes
Cpersonification
Dsynecdoche
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Question 304
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The underlined words illustrate ________

Ahyperbole
Birony
Cmetonymy
Dparadox
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Question 305
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The sudden reversal of a character's fortune in a literary work is _________

Adenouement
Bhamartia
Chubris
Dperipeteia
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Question 306
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Condensed use of language is a dominant feature of  ___________

Acomedy
Bpoetry
Cprose
Dtragedy
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Question 307
waec 2020

A fictional prose which is neither a novel nor a short story is a/an __________

Aallegory
Bfable
Cnovella
Dnovelette
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Question 308
waec 2020

A situation where an audience is aware of an action a character is ignorant of is ________

Adramatic irony
Bcomic relief
Caside
Dsatire
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Question 309
waec 2019

The language of the extract is best described as _________

Aironical
Bhumorous
Chyperbolical
Dsarcástie.
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Question 310
waec 2019

The scene reveals the speaker's __________

Afear of adventure
Baffection for his wife
Csuspicion
Dfulfilment as a warrior
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