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Question 711
waec 1998
The essential function of a tragedy is to make people
Alaught at mankind
Bthink and feel more deeply
Cthink and laugh
Dknow their enemies
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Question 712
waec 1998
An epitaph is
Apoem of lamentation
Ba poem of fourteen lines
Can inscription on a tomb
Dthe life history of an author
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Question 713
waec 1998
A play is fully realized when it is
Astudied
Bmemorized
Cacted
Dread
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Question 714
waec 1998
A play on words is
Ainnuendo
Bhumour
Cpun
Djest
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Question 715
waec 1998
Pick the odd item from the list
Aprose
Bpoetry
Cdrama
Dtragedy
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Question 716
waec 1998

A poem of four lines is known as a

Asonnet
Bcouplet
Csestet
Dquatrain
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Question 717
waec 1998
A poem of 14 lines is known as a
Aquatrain
Boctave
Csestet
Dsonnet
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Question 718
waec 1998

This kind of rhyme scheme is known as

Aalternate
Birregular
Cfree verse
Dcouplet
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Question 719
waec 1998

The rhyme scheme is known as

Aabba
Babab
Caabb
Dbbaa
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Question 720
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 721
waec 1998

Which of the following is closest to the novel?

Athe short story
Bfable
Ctale
Depic
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Question 722
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 723
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 724
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 725
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 726
waec 1998
What distinguishes a novel from a play is
Acharacters
Bsetting
Cnarration
Dtheme
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Question 727
waec 1998
A novel is usually written in
Aprose
Bverse
Cscenes
Dstanzas
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Question 728
waec 1998
A group of actors in a play is called
Acharacters
Bcast
Cchorus
Dprompters
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Question 729
waec 1998
Pick the odd item from the list below
Atragedy
Bcomedy
Cepilogue
Dtragi-comedy
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Question 730
waec 1998
A play that is full of exaggerated ridicule and laughter is called
Afarce
Bcomedy
Ctragi-comedy
Dmasque
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