Literature in English Past Questions

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Question 51
waec 1998

The rhyme scheme is known as

Aabba
Babab
Caabb
Dbbaa
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Question 52
waec 1998
''The people's voices rutted like pigs in the mud'' is an example of
Asimile
Bmetaphor
Cpersonification
Dmetonymy
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Question 53
waec 1998

Which of the following is closest to the novel?

Athe short story
Bfable
Ctale
Depic
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Question 54
waec 1998
The first person narrator is usually
Athe protagonist
Ba villain in the novel
Cthe antagonist
Da character in the novel
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Question 55
waec 1998
The first person narrator is usually
Athe protagonist
Ba villain in the novel
Cthe antagonist
Da character in the novel
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Question 56
waec 1998
The literary device in the statement - 'Students are to come to class with their Shakespeare' is called
Ametonymy
Blitotes
Csynecdoche
Dpersonification
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Question 57
waec 1998
Which of the following best describes Literature? It
Atells the story of great men and women
Bis a reflection of man's life in society
Cis a record of past events
Ddescribes what never happened and cannot happen
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Question 58
waec 1998
What distinguishes a novel from a play is
Acharacters
Bsetting
Cnarration
Dtheme
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Question 59
waec 1998
A novel is usually written in
Aprose
Bverse
Cscenes
Dstanzas
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Question 60
waec 1998
A group of actors in a play is called
Acharacters
Bcast
Cchorus
Dprompters
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Question 61
waec 1998
Pick the odd item from the list below
Atragedy
Bcomedy
Cepilogue
Dtragi-comedy
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Question 62
waec 1998
A play that is full of exaggerated ridicule and laughter is called
Afarce
Bcomedy
Ctragi-comedy
Dmasque
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Question 63
waec 1998

In a play, a long speech by a single character in the presence of other characters is called

Asoliloguy
Bmonologue
Caside
Dprologue
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Question 64
waec 1998
Which of the following is an African poet?
ADennis Brutus
BWilliam Wordsworth
CRober Frost
DW.B.Yeats
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Question 65
waec 1998

In poetry, rhythm is a regular pattern of

Avowels and consonants
Blong and short words
Cstressed and unstressed syllables
Dstressed syllables and rhymes
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Question 66
waec 1998

Read the extract below and answer this question.

The pattering rain was kicking up little
explosions of dust in the glade.He heard the
faint whisper of the stream as it stole across
the land and disappeared into the bush.

The figure of speech underlined in line 1 is

Aassonance
Bconsonance
Conomatopoeia
Dalliteration
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Question 67
waec 1998
In a novel, the antagonist is
Aa fully developed character
Ba flat character
Cthe main female character
Dthe archrival of the hero
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Question 68
waec 1998
An African author who has written plays, poems and prose is
AWole Soyinka
BZaynab Alkali
CChinua Achebe
DFlora Nwapa
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Question 69
waec 1998
Which of the following is a likely source of traditional oral poetry?
ATheatre
Bfiction
Cbooks
Dsongs
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Question 70
waec 1998
The state of mind of a poet can be described as
Astyle
Bmood
Csetting
Dtheme
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