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Question 611

jamb 2014

Tone and mood of a poem refers to

Alocale

Batmosphere

Csetting

Dspace

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Question 612

jamb 2014

A plot in a literary work is about

Acharacter delineation

Bcasual arrangement of events

Cresolution of conflicts

Dlaw of poetic justic

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Question 613

jamb 2014

A device in drama where a character speaks alone is

Asoliloquy

Baside

Capostrophe

Ddialogue

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Question 614

jamb 2014

Purgation of emotion, pity and fear is

Acatharsis

Bcatastrophe

Cepilogue

Dexposition

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Question 615

jamb 2014

An action in a play that stimulates the audience to pity a character is

Apyrrhic

Bprops

Cpathos

Dparody

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Question 616

waec 2013

Soon after this dialogue appears

AAriel

BFerdinand

CGonzalo

DCaliban

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Question 617

waec 2013

''When I have decked the sea with drops full salt'' suggests

Adreaming

Bswimming

Cweeping

Dsleeping

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Question 618

waec 2013

The speaker sees the addressee as a/an

Alover

Bsaviour

Cburden

Dantagonist

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Question 619

waec 2013

The character addressed is

AFerdinand

BAriel

CCaliban

DMiranda

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Question 620

waec 2013

The speaker is

AAlonso

BGonzalo

CProspero

DSebastian

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Question 621

waec 2013

The ''oath'' referred to in the scene is

AMiranda shall not give in to Ferdinand

BFerdinand shall not have intimate contact with Miranda

CMiranda shall vow to be faithful to Ferdinand

DFerdinand shall not tell his father about Miranda

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Question 622

waec 2013

Another character present in the scene is

ACaliban

BTrinculo

CStephano

DMiranda

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Question 623

waec 2013

The literary device in lines 52 and 53 is

Apersonification

Bsimile

Cmetaphor

Dsynecdoche

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Question 624

waec 2013

The character addressed is

AMiranda

BAntonio

CFerdinard

DSebastian

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Question 625

waec 2013

The speaker is

AAlonso

BProspero

CGonzalo

DFerdinand

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Question 626

waec 2013

A character in the scene whom Prospero admires is

AFerdinand

BGonzalo

CAdrian

DFrancisco

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Question 627

waec 2013

The speaker immediately

Areports them to Prospero

Bmakes them repent

Cdrives them away

Dmakes them go mad temporarily

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Question 628

waec 2013

In the first line, 'Destiny' is

Ametaphor

Bpersonification

Callusion

Deuphemism

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Question 629

waec 2013

The ''three men of sin'' are

AAlonso,Gonzalo and Antonio

BAlonso, Antonio and Sebastian

CAntonio,Sebastian and Gonzalo

DSebastian,Gonzalo and Antonio

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Question 630

waec 2013

The speaker is

AProspero

BMiranda

CAriel

DGonzalo

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