Literature in English Past Questions

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Question 381
waec 2018

Beware her faintly failing health, and gentle gallands around her speed  Illustrates_________

AOxymoron
BAlliteration
CSynecdoche
DRepetition
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Question 382
waec 2018

But the towering earth was tired of sitting in one position.
She moved suddenly and the houses crumbled, the mountains heaved horrible, and the work of a million years was lost

 

The effect of the extract is conveyed through the use of___________

AAntithesis
BParallelism
CConceit
DClimax
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Question 383
waec 2018

But the towering earth was tired of sitting in one position.
She moved suddenly and the houses crumbled, the mountains heaved horrible, and the work of a million years was lost

 

The extract is about____________

AAn earthquake
BA flood
CAn explosion
DA storm
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Question 384
waec 2018

But the towering earth was tired of sitting in one position.
She moved suddenly and the houses crumbled, the mountains heaved horrible, and the work of a million years was lost

 

The predominant figure of speech in the extract is____________

AOxymoron
BPersonification
CContrast
DParadox
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Question 385
waec 2018

Weeping Willow illustrates________

ADramatic Monologue
BPathetic Fallacy
CTransferred epithet
DDramatic Irony
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Question 386
waec 2018

A short play perfomed during the pause between the acts of a longer play is____________-

AAn Interlude
BAn epilogue
CA prologue
DAn interval
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Question 387
waec 2018

Who lied in the chapel
Now lies in the Abbey

 

 The dominant device used is___________-

AParadox
BPun
CChiasmus
DZeugma
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Question 388
waec 2018

Hamartia, in a literary work refers to a hero's_________

ATragic flaw
BInordinate ambition
Cstrength of character
DGood works
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Question 389
waec 2018

Oh spite! Oh Hell!! I see you are all bent

To set aganist me for your merriment.

 

The lines illustrate__________

AEpitaph
BEpigram
CApostrophe
DAllusion
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Question 390
waec 2018

A poem which celebrates simple country life is___________

AA dirge
BAn ode
CAn epic
DA pastoral
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Question 391
waec 2018

Diction is a writer's choice of___________-

AStyle
BSyntax
CRhythm
DWords
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Question 392
waec 2018

The cast appears at the end of a play for the ___________-

AMusical
BCurtain Call
CIntermission
DIntroduction
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Question 393
waec 2018

He is my most beloved enemy ilustrates__________

ASynecdoche
BOxymoron
CMetonymy
DLitotes
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Question 394
waec 2018

A Sonnet has a final couplet when it has___________

AA sestet
BAn octave
CTwo sestets
DThree quatrains
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Question 395
waec 2018

A play that moves the audience to pity and fear is a ____________

AComedy
BFarce
CPantomime
DTragedy
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Question 396
waec 2018

Before a play is performed, it is ___________

AAuditioned
BApplauded
CRehearsed
DRecited
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Question 397
waec 2018

A dramatic performance with ONLY bodily movements and no speech is a _____________

AFarce
BMime
CSlapstick
DBurlesque
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Question 398
waec 2018

The Main Character in a Play or Novel is the ____________

AProtagonist
BNarrator
CVillain
DAntagonist
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Question 399
jamb 2018

The question is based on J.P Clark's WIVES REVOLT.

"Those who have full breasts have walked out, and that leaves you, me, and the old girls returned_______

Afront of the veranda of Okoro's house
Bthe-kitchen, upstairs
COkoro’s front yard, down stage
Dthe direction of the kitchen, off stage
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Question 400
jamb 2018

The question is based on J.P Clark's WIVES' REVOLT.

In their fight, the women settle at Eyara in order to_______?

ACure cross-piece
BHurt their husbands
CForestall reconciliation
DSeeks peace
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