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Question 531
waec 2015
A dirge is a poem sung
Ato send a child to sleep
Bto make workers happy
Cat a birthday party
Dat a funeral
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Question 532
waec 2015

A character that develops in the course of a novel or play is described as

Aflat
Bantagonist
Cround
Dprotagonist
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Question 533
waec 2015

'heads' in the second line is an example of

Asynecdoche
Binversion
Cepithet
Dconceit
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Question 534
waec 2015

The lines illustrate

Asoliloquy
Bparallelism
Cdialogue
Dcontrast
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Question 535
waec 2015
The use of imagery in prose or verse
Aappeals to the senses
Bdevelops the plot
Ccreates confusion
Dobscures meaning
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Question 536
waec 2015
A story in which characters or actions represent abstract ideas or moral qualities is
Aan epic
Ba legend
Can allegory
Da satire
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Question 537
waec 2015

The first four lines of the Shakespearian sonnet rhyme

Aabcd
Babba
Cabab
Dcdcd
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Question 538
waec 2015
A ballad is essentially a ........... poem
Adescriptive
Bdramatic
Cpastoral
Dnarrative
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Question 539
waec 2015
........... Is the location of the action of the plot
ASetting
BNarrative technique
CPoint of view
DCharacterization
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Question 540
waec 2015

A metrical foot in which a stressed syllable is followed by an unstressed syllable is

Aiambic
Bspondaic
Ctrochaic
Ddactylic
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Question 541
waec 2015

The rhyme scheme of the stanza is

Aabcabcc
Bababcdd
Cbabacc
Dbcbccaa
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Question 542
waec 2015

Pan is used here as

Aan allusion
Bsymbol
Cirony
Dmetonymy
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Question 543
waec 2015

The stanza is an example of

Aappellation
Bapostrophe
Ceuphemism
Delegy
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Question 544
waec 2015

The performers in a play constitute the

Achorus
Bcharacters
Caudience
Dcast
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Question 545
waec 2015
The pattern of a poem without reference to its content is referred to as the
Alimerick
Bmetre
Cfree verse
Dform
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Question 546
waec 2015
In literature, repetition is used essentially for
Arhyme
Bsuspense
Callusion
Demphasis
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Question 547
waec 2015
A speech in a play in which a character speaks his or her thoughts alone is
Aa monologue
Ban aside
Can epilogue
Da soliloquy
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Question 548
waec 2015

The literary device used in line 7 is

Aconceit
Bpersonification
Chyperbole
Dpathos
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Question 549
waec 2015

The theme of the poem is

Athe love of mother
Binvoking the spirit of womanhood
Cadmiration for women's hard work
Dthe suffering of women
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Question 550
waec 2015

The rhyme scheme is

Aaabb ccdd eeff
Babab abab aabb
Cabca abbc abab
Dabba abca abab
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