Literature in English Past Questions

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Question 431
waec 2017

The poet's tone is one of__________

AAnxiety
BDefiance
CNostalgia
DRegret
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Question 432
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The dominant literary device used in the poem is_____________

AAllusion
BRepetition
CAllegory
DMetonymy
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Question 433
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The poem evokes the senses of_______

ASmell and Sight
BSmell and Hearing
CSight and Hearing
DTouch and Smell
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Question 434
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The first stanza is a ____________

ATercet
BCouplet
CQuatrain
DSestet
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Question 435
waec 2017

The passage is__________

AIn First person
BIn Third Person
CA Dialogue
DMonologue
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Question 436
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The family bell summoned us is an example of__________

AApostrophe
BPersonification
CAllusion
DEuphemism
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Question 437
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Their silence spoke millions illustrates___________

AOxymoron
BLitotes
CTactile images
DShort sentences
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Question 438
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The feeling is conveyed by the use of_________

ALong sentences
BVisual images
CTactile images
DShort sentences
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Question 439
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The dominant feeling in the passage is that of______________

 

AHostility
BAnger
CAnxiety
DBitterness
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Question 440
waec 2017

Catharsis is normally associated with____________

APantomime
BTragedy
CComedy
DFarce
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Question 441
waec 2017

Ten thousand saw i at glance....... Illustrates_________

ACaesura
BClimax
CBathos
DHyperbole
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Question 442
waec 2017

Dramatis personae is the same as ____________

AChorus
BPrompter
CFoil
DCast
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Question 443
waec 2017

The climax in a literary work is the_____________

AMiddle
BBeginning
CCentral part of the dialogue
DPeak of the conflict
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Question 444
waec 2017

An essential part of the plot is____________

ACharacterization
BExposition
CAtmosphere
DForeshadow
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Question 445
waec 2017

Death be not proud, though some have called thee might and dreadful is an example of___________

AEuphemism
BMetaphor
CApostrophe
DAliteration
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Question 446
waec 2017

A humorous poem with five lines, the first two ryhming with the last is______________

AAn ode
BSestet
COctave
DA Limerick
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Question 447
waec 2017

An essential features of drama is___________

ASoliloquy
BConflict
CIrony
DAside
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Question 448
waec 2017

Over the cobbles it clattered and crashed is an example of__________

AOxymoron
BPun
COnomatopoeia
DParadox
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Question 449
waec 2017

A narrative poem that relates heroic exploits is an___________

AEpilogue
BEpitaph
CEpic
DEpigram
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Question 450
waec 2017

The leading character in a literary work is the________

AFoil
BVillain
CAntagonist
DProtagonist
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