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Question 391
waec 2010
''The strong gongs groaming as the guns born far'' illustrates
Ametonymy
Brefrain
Conomatopoeia
Drepetition
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Question 392
waec 2010
''My bounty is as boundless as the sea
My love as deep'' The above lines illustrate
Aepigram
Bhyperbole
Capostrophe
Dparody
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Question 393
waec 2010

Pick the odd item out of the options listed

Athe joys of the motherhood
Bsons and daughters
Ca man for all seasons
Dthe last duty
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Question 394
waec 2010
The major genres of Literature are
Afiction, non-fiction, drama
Bprose, farce, comedy
Cprose, drama, poetry
Dpoetry, prose, fiction
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Question 395
waec 2010
The elegy
Aconforms to a fixed pattern of lines
Bis set in the countryside
Chas a mournful tone
Dcelebrates heroic deeds
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Question 396
waec 2010
The timing and location of a literary work is
Atheme
Bplot
Csetting
Datmosphere
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Question 397
waec 2010
An emphasis placed on a syllable in pronunciation is
Ameter
Brhythm
Caccent
Drhyme
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Question 398
waec 2010

The central idea of a story or a poem is the

Atitle
Bclimax
Ctheme
Dconflict
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Question 399
waec 2010
''But at my back I always hear
Time's winged chariot hurrying near'' illustrates
Ametaphor
Bapostrophe
Coxymoron
Dmetonymy
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Question 400
waec 2010

The rhyming pattern of the lines is

Aabab
Babba
Caabb
Daaab
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Question 401
waec 2010

The poet uses

Aeye-rhyme
Brun-on-lines
Cend-stopped-lines
Dinternal rhyme
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Question 402
waec 2010

The mood of the poet is one of

Aanger
Bhumour
Cmelancholy
Dgaiety
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Question 403
waec 2010
A poem written in praise of someone or something is
Aa ballad
Ban epic
Ca sonnet
Dan ode
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Question 404
waec 2010
The recurrence of rhythmic pattern of stress in a poem is
Acouplet
Bmetre
Cconsonance
Dstrophe
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Question 405
waec 2010
The major distinctive feature of drama is
Adialogue
Bsetting
Cepilogue
Dplot
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Question 406
waec 2010
Unrhymed iambic pentametre lines illustrate
Arhyme scheme
Bheroic couplet
Cblank verse
Dfree verse
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Question 407
waec 2010
The limerick
Ais written to be sung
Bhas a serious subject matter
Cis always light and humorous
Duses lofty language
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Question 408
waec 2010
A short introductory speech delivered as part of a play is called
Aa preamble
Ba prologue
Can introduction
Dan epilogue
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Question 409
waec 2009

Other characters who died earlier were

Athe queen and ambassador
BHamlet and Osric
COphelia and Horatio
DLaertes and the King
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Question 410
waec 2009

Shortly before this speech, _ died

Athe king
Bthe queen
CHamlet
DPolonius
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