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Question 511

waec 2005

The dominant device used is

Acontrast

Bparadox

Coxymoron

Dparallelism

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Question 512

waec 2005

Lines that usualling have a set pattern of metre and rhyme constitute

Astanza

Bverse

Crhyme scheme

Dfalling metre

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Question 513

waec 2005

''Death be not proud'' illustrates

Aeuphemism

Bpersonification

Cmetaphor

Dlitotes

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Question 514

waec 2005

He sits under the bough utters a loud cough, wipes his sweating brow and gives the dog a blow. The extract illustrates......rhyme

Amasculine

Beye

Cinternal

Dend

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Question 515

waec 2005

Rhyming words

Ahave similar spellings

Bare parallel lines

Csound alike

Dconvey meaning

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Question 516

waec 2005

The mood in ''Nothing so true as what you once let fall Most women have no characters at all'' is

Apessimistic

Bjuibilant

Canticipatory

Doptimistic

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Question 517

waec 2005

Poetry that avoids the use of regular metre is

Alyric

Blumerick

Cfree verse

Dblank verse

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Question 518

waec 2005

Which of the following is a praise poem?

AFreetown

BUlysses

CIs my team ploughing?

DOde to the West Wind

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Question 519

waec 2005

The metrical pattern in, ''In mist or cloud, On mast or shroud'' is

Aiambic

Btrochaic

Canapaestic

Ddactylic

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Question 520

waec 2005

Pick the odd item from the options below

ASimile

BMetaphor

CSynecdoche

DBallad

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Question 521

waec 2005

It runs through the reeds
And away it proceeds,
Through meadows and glade,
In sun and in shade.

The dominant device used in the above extract is

Aimagery

Bsymbolism

Crhyme

Dpun

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Question 522

waec 2005

Which of the following poems is based on travel and adventure?

AOde to the West Wind

BFreetown

CUlysses

DNo coffin, No grave

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Question 523

waec 2005

''Horrendous horrors haunted Helen's happiness'' illustrates

Aalliteration

Brhythm

Crepetition

Dassonance

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Question 524

waec 2005

Pick the odd item from the options below

APlot

BTheme

CMetre

DSubject

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Question 525

waec 2005

In ''my finger click with a Snicker And, chuckling, they knuckle the key'' the dominant figure of speech used is

Aparallelism

Blitotes

Chyperbole

Donomatopoeia

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Question 526

waec 2005

A narrative poem in the manner of oral folk tradition is

Aa pastoral

Ba lyric

Ca ballad

Dan elegy

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Question 527

waec 2005

Pick the odd item from the options below

AElegy

BEpitaph

CDirge

DOde

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Question 528

waec 2005

A situation in which the audience knows more than the character does, is an instance of

Acomic relief

Binterior monologue

Cdramatic irony

Dpoetic licence

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Question 529

waec 2005

A device that reveals a discrepancy between appearance and reality is

Aoxymoron

Birony

Cantithesis

Dbathos

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Question 530

waec 2004

In ''Let it presage with the ruin of your love'', ''it'' implies

Acommitment

Bfriendship

Cbetrayal

Dhatred

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