Literature in English Past Questions

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Question 621
waec 2013

Later in the scene the addressee proposes a plot to

Amake Trinculo king of the island
Bkill prospero
Csteal miranda
Drob prospero of his clothes
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Question 622
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The addressee asks that the speaker be

Apunished severely
Bhanged on a tree
Cbeaten to death
Dbitten to death
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Question 623
waec 2013

The ''lie'' is that the speaker is a/an

Adrunkard
Bcoward
Cass
Didiot
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Question 624
waec 2013

The character addressed is

ATrinculo
BStephano
CSebastian
DCaliban
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Question 625
waec 2013

The speaker is

AStephano
BCaliban
CTrinculo
DAdrian
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Question 626
waec 2013

The two contrasting moods in the poem is/ are

Asadness and hope
Bbravery and cowardice
Cexcitement and disappointment
Dcalmness and anxiety
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Question 627
waec 2013

The dominant sound device in the second stanza is

Aalliteration
Bassonance
Conomatopeia
Drepetition
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Question 628
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The rhyme scheme in the first stanza is

Aaabb
Babab
Cabbaa
Daabc
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Question 629
waec 2013

''Mad the rhythm runs'' is an example of

Apathos
Boxymoron
Cbathos
Dinversion
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Question 630
waec 2013

The theme of the poem is best described as the

Alove of war
Bglory of war
Cexcitement of war
Dreality of war
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Question 631
waec 2013

The setting of the extract is

Adawn
Bmidday
Cevening
Dnight
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Question 632
waec 2013

The expression ''like fly that dared not alight'' is a/an

Asimile
Bhyberbole
Cirony
Dalliteration
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Question 633
waec 2013

The diction conveys a feeling of

Ahope
Bhelplessness
Canger
Dindifference
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Question 634
waec 2013

''The air was actually burning gas'' is a

Apersonification
Beuphemism
Cmetaphor
Dparadox
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Question 635
waec 2013

''...the cutter blade blurred into life''.
The above expression appeals to the sense of

Ahearing
Btouch
Csight
Dtaste
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Question 636
waec 2013
A short witty saying is a/an
Aepitaph
Bsonnet
Climerick
Depigram
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Question 637
waec 2013
''But at my back I always hear
Time's winged chariot hurrying near'' illustrates
Ametaphor
Bapostrophe
Coxymoron
Dmetonymy
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Question 638
waec 2013

In a play, unfolding events reach their peak in the

Aclimax
Bdenouement
Ccatharsis
Dconflict
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Question 639
waec 2013
''The pen is mightier than the sword'' is an example of
Asymbol
Bmetaphor
Cmetonymy
Doxymoron
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Question 640
waec 2013
A question used for effect which does not require an answer is
Aoratorial
Bantithetical
Canticlimactic
Drhetorical
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