Literature in English Past Questions

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Question 31
waec 1998

The mood of the poet is that of

Acarelessness
Bhappiness
Cgaiety
Dhelplessness
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Question 32
waec 1998

The predominant figure of speech in stanza ll is

Aconsonance
Balliteration
Cpersonification
Depigram
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Question 33
waec 1998

The literary device used in lines 3 and 4 of stanza 1 is

Aparadox
Bantithesis
Capostrophe
Drhetorical question
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Question 34
waec 1998

The literary device used in line 1 is an example of

Aclimax
Bapostrophe
Cmetonymy
Deuphemism
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Question 35
waec 1998

The rhyme scheme of the above extract is

Aalternate
Birregular
Cfree verse
Dcouplet
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Question 36
waec 1998

The poem is a blank verse because

Athere is no rhyme
Bthere is rhyme
Cthe rhyme is alternate
Dit contains couplets
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Question 37
waec 1998

The underlined expression contains a

Asimile
Bmetaphor
Cpersonification
Dlitotes
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Question 38
waec 1998

The feeling of the poet is one of

Aanxiety
Bgaiety
Csadness
Dfrustration
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Question 39
waec 1998

The predominant literary device used in the extract is

Ahyperbole
Bepigram
Coxymoron
Dapostrophe
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Question 40
waec 1998

The poem is an example of

Aa lyric
Ba dirge
Can ode
Dan epic
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Question 41
waec 1998

The poem is an example of

Aa lyric
Ba dirge
Can ode
Dan epic
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Question 42
waec 1998

From the last sentence, it is obvious that the couple

Ais happy
Bis lonely
Cis childless
Dhas a child
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Question 43
waec 1998

What made the woman's world collapse is

Afalling in love with her husband in winter
Bcutting short their honeymoon
Ctravelling aboard a ship
Dtheir movement to Africa
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Question 44
waec 1998

'From that day her world collapsed' shows that the woman is

Abetter off
Bwise
Cafraid
Dunhappy
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Question 45
waec 1998

In England, she had loved her husband, in Africa, She

Aresented him
Baccepted him
Cenjoyed her honeymoon
Dencouraged him
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Question 46
waec 1998

The figure of speech used in the first sentence is

Apersonification
Bmetaphor
Csimile
Dmetonymy
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Question 47
waec 1998

The underlined expression is an example of

Ahyperbole
Bmetaphor
Csimile
Dpersonification
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Question 48
waec 1998

The extract is an example of

Anarrative prose
Bdescriptive prose
Cimaginative prose
Dexpository prose
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Question 49
waec 1998

The narrator's companion has just

Adied
Barrived
Crelaxed
Dcollapsed
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Question 50
waec 1998

The mood of the narrator is one of

Ashock
Bindifference
Chappiness
Dkindness
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