Literature in English Past Questions

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Question 531
waec 2004

The dominant literary device in the poem is

Apersonification
Bsimile
Conomatopoeia
Dalliteration
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Question 532
waec 2004

''frenetic flutes'' illustrates the use of

Ahyperbole
Bsymbolism
Cmetaphor
Dmetonymy
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Question 533
waec 2004

The atmosphere of the poem is one of

Aanxiety
Bexcitement
Ceagerness
Ddespair
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Question 534
waec 2004

The poem describes

Adancing
Bwrestling
Chunting
Ddrumming
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Question 535
waec 2004

The feeling induced is one of

Aexcitement
Bindifference
Canger
Ddespondency
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Question 536
waec 2004

The last five lines make use of......imagery

Atacile
Bauditory
Cgustatory
Dvisual
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Question 537
waec 2004

The dominant literary device used in the passage is

Ametaphor
Bsimile
Coxymoron
Dhyperbole
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Question 538
waec 2004

The passage illustrates the use of .....prose.

Adescriptive
Bnarrative
Cexpository
Dimaginative
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Question 539
waec 2004

The passage deals with

Aatmosphere
Btemperature
Cscene
Dclouds
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Question 540
waec 2004

''And yonder all before us lie. Deserts of vast eternity'' illustrates the use of

Aallegory
Bpersonification
Coxymoron
Dallusion
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Question 541
waec 2004
Setting has to do with
Atime and place
Bincidents and events
Ctone and mood
Drhythm and rhyme
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Question 542
waec 2004

The dominant literary device used in ''A drowsing numbness pains my sense'' is

Aparallelism
Bsymbolism
Crepetition
Ddiction
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Question 543
waec 2004
''For my yoke is easy and my burden is light'' illustrates the use of
Abathos
Beuphemism
Cparadox
Dirony
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Question 544
waec 2004
The position from which a story is presented is the
Anarrative technique
Bpoint of view
Csetting
Dplot
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Question 545
waec 2004
A dominant feature of poetry is its
Aeconomy of language
Bdepiction of scences
Cuse of dialogue
Dnarration of tales
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Question 546
waec 2004
A recurrent image in a literary work is the
Atheme
Bmotif
Cepisode
Dmood
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Question 547
waec 2004

Pick the odd item

ADaniel Defoe
BThomas Gray
CJohn Donne
DAlfred Tennyson
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Question 548
waec 2004
A poem that expresses grief over the death of a notable figure in society is a/an
Aode
Bballad
Climerick
Delegy
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Question 549
waec 2004

Pick the odd item

A''Elegy written in a country churchyard''
B''Ulysses''
C''No coffin, no grave''
D''Ode to the West Wind''
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Question 550
waec 2004
A literary work is didactic f it
Aentertains
Bcomforts
Ccriticizes
Dteaches
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