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Question 481
waec 2016

The attitude of the writer towards the President is one of

Acontempt
Bdisdain
Cdisinterest
Dapproval
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Question 482
waec 2016
Read the following lines to answer this question

The livid waters roared and snarled and flapped
At the poor battered and weeping yacht.


The picture presented is one of
Aquiet sea
Bdark sky
Cstormy weather
Dcalm season
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Question 483
waec 2016
Read the following lines to answer this question

The livid waters roared and snarled and flapped
At the poor battered and weeping yacht.

The dominant device used in the lines is
Asimile
Balliteration
Cassonance
Dpersonification
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Question 484
waec 2016
Through ........ the ills of society are criticised with the objective of having them corrected
Adramatic irony
Bcomic relief
Csatire
Dfarce
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Question 485
waec 2016
'Many hands make light work' illustrates the use of
Azeugma
Bhyperbole
Cmetonymy
Dsynecdoche
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Question 486
waec 2016
An...... is an indirect and usually unfavourable remark
Aallusion
Birony
Caside
Dinnuendo
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Question 487
waec 2016
''That it will rain is not unlike'' illustrates the use of
Airony
Blilotes
Cmetaphor
Dmetonymy
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Question 488
waec 2016

A Poem that celebrates an object, person or event is

Aa sonnet
Ba dirge
Can ode
Da balled
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Question 489
waec 2016
The major part of the Petrarch sonnet is the
Aquintet
Bsestet
Ctercet
Doctave
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Question 490
waec 2016
''The sun smiled gently on the scene'' illustrates
Aparadox
Beuphemism
Chyperbole
Dpersonification
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Question 491
waec 2016

The lines constitute

Aan epic
Ba quatrain
Can ode
Da sestet
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Question 492
waec 2016

The lines are iambic

Apentameter
Btrimeter
Ctetrameter
Dhexameter
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Question 493
waec 2016

The rhyme scheme is

Aabab
Baaba
Cabcc
Dabbc
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Question 494
waec 2016
A short play is also called a
Afarce
Bnovelette
Cplaylet
Dslapstick
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Question 495
waec 2016
The ....... produces comic relief in drama
Achorus
Bprotagonist
Cantagonist
Dclown
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Question 496
waec 2016

Poetry is written in

Achapters
Blines
Cparagraphs
Dscenes
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Question 497
waec 2016
Poetry is written in
Achapters
Bparagraphs
Cscenes
Dlines
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Question 498
waec 2016
Oral literature is part of
Adrama
Bfolklore
Cpoetry
Dmusic
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Question 499
waec 2016
The character assumed by the author in his writing is
Aprotagonist
Bchorus
Cpersona
Dpseudonym
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Question 500
waec 2016

Conflict in a literary work begins to unfold with

Aclimax
Bepisode
Cexposition
Dresolution
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