Literature in English Past Questions

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Question 701
waec 1998

What made the woman's world collapse is

Afalling in love with her husband in winter
Bcutting short their honeymoon
Ctravelling aboard a ship
Dtheir movement to Africa
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Question 702
waec 1998

'From that day her world collapsed' shows that the woman is

Abetter off
Bwise
Cafraid
Dunhappy
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Question 703
waec 1998

In England, she had loved her husband, in Africa, She

Aresented him
Baccepted him
Cenjoyed her honeymoon
Dencouraged him
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Question 704
waec 1998

The figure of speech used in the first sentence is

Apersonification
Bmetaphor
Csimile
Dmetonymy
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Question 705
waec 1998

The underlined expression is an example of

Ahyperbole
Bmetaphor
Csimile
Dpersonification
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Question 706
waec 1998

The extract is an example of

Anarrative prose
Bdescriptive prose
Cimaginative prose
Dexpository prose
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Question 707
waec 1998

The narrator's companion has just

Adied
Barrived
Crelaxed
Dcollapsed
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Question 708
waec 1998

The mood of the narrator is one of

Ashock
Bindifference
Chappiness
Dkindness
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Question 709
waec 1998

The setting of this extract is the

Afield
Bstream
Cfarm
Dmountain
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Question 710
waec 1998
Pick the odd item from the list
Asentence
Bparagraph
Cexpression
Dfiction
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Question 711
waec 1998
The character that opposses the hero in a novel is called the
Aprotagonist
Bantagonist
Cvillan
Dclown
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Question 712
waec 1998
The main female character in a play is called
Ahero
Bheroine
Cclown
Dantagonist
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Question 713
waec 1998
The omniscient narrator
Auses flashback
Bknows all about character and events
Cmakes reference to future incidents
Dknows all about the author
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Question 714
waec 1998

The underlined words in lines 1 and 4 are example of

Aexternal rhyme
Binternal rhyme
Cend rhyme
Dalternate rhyme
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Question 715
waec 1998

The predominant sound device in the extract is

Aassonance
Bconsonance
Conomatopoeia
Dalliteration
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Question 716
waec 1998
Any expression which creates a mental picture is known as
Aparadox
Bexaggeration
Cimagery
Dsymbolism
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Question 717
waec 1998
All fingers are not equal' is an example of
Ameiosis
Boxymoron
Chuperbole
Dsynecdoche
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Question 718
waec 1998
'penny wise; pound foolish' is an example of
Ametonymy
Bhyperbole
Cmetaphor
Dparadox
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Question 719
waec 1998
A short witty statement is called an
Aepigram
Banecdote
Cepistle
Danalogy
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Question 720
waec 1998
Mime is the art of acting that involves the use of
Asongs only
Bspeeches only
Cgestures only
Ddances only
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