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Question 561

waec 2003

The feelings and attitudes of a writer are conveyed by

Amood

Bstyle

Ctheme

Dsetting

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Question 562

waec 2003

Pick the odd item

Aelergy

Bballad

Cmetaphor

Dode

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Question 563

waec 2003

The term used for the unraveling of the complications of the plot at the end of a literary works is

Aclimax

Bdenouement

Cconflict

Dtension

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Question 564

waec 2003

''Life is but an empty dream'' illustrates the use of

Asynecdoche

Bperipeteia

Clitotes

Dallusion

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Question 565

waec 2003

Stanza refers to..in a poem

Adevices

Blines

Csections

Ddivisions

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Question 566

waec 2003

''Enjambment'' is the poetic term referring to the use of

Arun-on-lines

Brhyme lines

Crhythm

Dmetre

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Question 567

waec 2003

Diction is writers choice of

Astyles

Bplot

Ctheme

Dwords

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Question 568

waec 2003

A recurrent image in a literary work that illustrates theme is

Asymbol

Bdramatic irony

Cmotif

Dpathetic fallacy

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Question 569

waec 2003

One of the following is not an African poet

Alenrie Peters

BThomas Gray

CJ.P. Clark

DSly Cheney-Coker

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Question 570

waec 2003

A long narrative which depicts country life is a/an

Aballad

Bepic

Code

Dpastoral

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Question 571

waec 2003

Pick the odd item

Atragedy

Bcomedy

Cstanza

Dfarce

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Question 572

waec 2003

A short poem written on a tomb is a/an

Adirge

Bpanegyric

Cepigram

Depitaph

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Question 573

waec 2003

A narrative in the oral tradition that may include legends and fables is a

Aballed

Bpastoral

Cfolkale

Dromance

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Question 574

waec 2002

The underlined expression illustrates

Aalliteration

Bmetaphor

Csynecdoche

Dpersonification

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Question 575

waec 2002

After this scene the person addressed

Aportrays love for his suitor

Binforms of the loss at sea

Celopes with her lover

Ddelivers letter to a suitor

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Question 576

waec 2002

The person addressed is

ABassanio

BAntonio

CLauncelot

DJessica

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Question 577

waec 2002

The dominant literary device used in the extract is

Aallusion

Birony

Csymbolism

Dmetonymy

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Question 578

waec 2002

The speaker is

AGratiano

BShylock

CLorenzo

DSolanio

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Question 579

waec 2002

The dominant literary device used in the extract is

Asimile

Bparadox

Crepetition

Doxymoron

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Question 580

waec 2002

The speaker is contemplating on the

Achoice of caskets

Bloss of his fortune

Cmost eligible suitor

Doutcome of the trial

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