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Question 561

jamb 2015

This question is based on selected poems from Johnson, R. et ai (eds): New Poetry African: Soyinka W. (ed): Poems of Black Africa; Senanu, K.E. and Vincent. T. (eds): A Selection of African Poetry, U. Maduka, C. T et al: Exam Focus: Literature in English: Eruvbetine, A. E. et al (eds): Longman Examination Guides: Nwoga D. I. (ed): West African verse and Adeoti G: Naked Soles.
The excerpt below from Marvell's To His Coy Mistress is an example of

The figure of speech in the line below from Acquah's In the Navel of the Soul is 'We would be believing we dreamt it'

Aassonance

Bantithesis

Capostrophe

Dalliteration

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Question 562

jamb 2015

This question is based on Literary Appreciation.

The imagery created in the excerpt below is achieved through
'........They do not see the funeral piles
At home eating up the forests.......'
_ _ J.P. -Clark: Casualties

Ametaphor

Bpersonification

Csynecdoche

Dantonym

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Question 563

jamb 2015

This question is based on Literary Appreciation.

A cursing rogue with a merry farce,
A bundle of rags upon a crurch,
Stumbled upon that windy place
Called cruachan, and it was as much.
The rhyme scheme of the stanza above is

Aaabb

Babab

Cbbaa

Dabba

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Question 564

jamb 2015

A significant of a whole through its significant part is

Aallegory

Bpun

Csynecdoche

Dcast

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Question 565

jamb 2015

In drama, the use of gestures to communicate is known as

Amime

Brealistic drama

Cmelodrama

Ddialogue

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Question 566

jamb 2015

A speech or writing used to praise a person or a thing for past or present deeds is

Aeulogy

Bsynecdoche

Cepigram

Depilogue

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Question 567

jamb 2015

This question is based on General literacy principles

In literacy work, verbal irony refers to a

Adevice in which the speaker means the opposite of what he says

Bsituation in which a character speaks or acts against the trends of events

Cdifficult situation which defies a logical or national resolution

Ddevice in which the actor on stage means exactly what he says

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Question 568

jamb 2015

The use of two contrasting words that are placed side by side is called

Aprologue

Boxymoron

Capostrophe

Dcostume

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Question 569

jamb 2015

This question is based on General literacy principles

A literary genre which directly imitates human action is

Adrama

Bcomedy

Cprose

Dpoetry

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Question 570

jamb 2015

This question is based on William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet.

In Romeo and Juliet, use the excerpt below to answer this question
'.... So tedious is this day
As is the night before some festival
To an important child that hath them.
new robes and may not wear.
The literary device used in the excerpt is

Asimile

Bmetaphor

COxymoron

Dapostrophe

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Question 571

waec 2014

The setting is

Aanother part of the island

Bin the palace

Con a ship

Dbefore Prospero's cell

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Question 572

waec 2014

The speaker is lured to that place by

AAriel

BCaliban

CMiranda

DGonzalo

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Question 573

waec 2014

The speaker wants to

Aprove his love

Bdeny his love

Cprove his innocence

Daffirm his loyalty

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Question 574

waec 2014

Who is with the speaker?

AMiranda

BGonzalo

CProspero

DFerdinand

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Question 575

waec 2014

The speaker is

AProspero

BFerdinand

CMiranda

DGonzalo

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Question 576

waec 2014

''So they are'' refers to the

Aspeaker's friends

Bspeaker's nerves

Cmonster's threats

Dlistener's spirits

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Question 577

waec 2014

Those present in this scene are

AStephano and Trinculo

BProspero and Miranda

CProspero and Gonzalo

DMiranda and Alonso

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Question 578

waec 2014

''this maid'' is

ACaribel

BMiranda

CSycorax

DDido

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Question 579

waec 2014

''this man'' is

AAlonso

BTrinculo

CStephano

DProspero

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Question 580

waec 2014

The speaker is

AAlonso

BFerdinand

CGonzalo

DBoatswain

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